Dinah Jams

by Dinah Washington

Dinah Jams cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1955
  • Label: EmArcy
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:14
  • Community rating: 4.23/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Captured in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles, this recording pairs the formidable vocalist with an all-star ensemble featuring Max Roach and Clifford Brown. The session crackles with spontaneous energy, providing a rare glimpse into a loose, jam-session atmosphere where Washington's biting, rhythmically acute phrasing effortlessly anchors the soaring hard bop instrumentation.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, technical, acoustic, live, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Lover Come Back To Me - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (9:54)
  2. Alone Together - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (2:25)
  3. Summertime - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (2:26)
  4. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (2:28)
  5. No More - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (3:22)
  6. I've Got You Under My Skin - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (5:26)
  7. There Is No Greater Love - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (2:15)
  8. You Go To My Head - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (11:08)
  9. Darn That Dream - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (5:14)
  10. Crazy He Calls Me - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (4:47)
  11. I'll Remember April - Live In Los Angeles, 1954 (11:46)

Credits

  • Dinah Washington - primary artist, featuring
  • Herb Geller - alto saxophone
  • George Morrow - bass, double bass
  • Keter Betts - bass, double bass
  • Max Roach - drums, drums (drum set)
  • Junior Mance - piano
  • Richie Powell - piano
  • Harold Land - tenor saxophone

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