Dinah Washington - Jazz 'Round Midnight: Dinah Washington
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Artist: Dinah WashingtonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-02-23
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- Since I Fell For You
- Willow Weep For Me
- Don't Go To Strangers
- If It's The Last Thing I Do
- Ask A Woman Who Knows
- Star Dust
- Darn That Dream
- More Than You Know
- If I Had You
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- I'll Close My Eyes
- Don't Explain
- Say It Isn't So
- I Can't Face The Music
- Unforgettable
- Goodbye
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Hit: 5 Stars
Dinah Washington certainly has a place in the pantheon of R&B vocalists, but she doesn't get nearly the credit she deserves. For vocal beauty, phrasing, and especially enunciation, Washington was faultless, bringing power and pathos to everything she touched, from raw blues to jazz to pop fare like the irresistibly catchy duet with Brook Benton, "Baby, You've Got What It Takes." Beginning in gospel, which she abandoned, Washington moved easily through various genres, alienating some of her following in the process, as if she were being punished for versatility, or, to put it differently, her refusal to be pigeonholed.
Like many others, Washington began her career in Lionel Hampton's band. In an era that already had a "Duke" and a "Count," Washington dubbed herself "Queen," a sobriquet that matched her larger than life talent, appetites, and attitude. Indeed, it is hard to imagine how a woman who did not reach the age of 40 managed to find time for seven marriages and various affairs, including one with Quincy Jones. Jones arranged many of the tracks on this CD, which are taken from the storied Mercury and EmArcy recordings. While Washington is way up front, the supporting cast is exemplary, (Clark Terry, Jimmy Cobb, Milt Hinton, etc.)
The ballads on this CD will be familiar to all but the greenest of bananas, but Washington's approach is distinct and strong. There is an edge to her delivery, a complete lack of sentimentality that makes the message austere and haunting. In the wrong hands these songs become goopy and maudlin, Washington gives them clarity, focus, and bite. Certainly the CD is enormously pleasing to the ear, even as "fireplace and brandy-in-a-snifter" background music, but there is a hard-won authenticity that makes it worth hanging on each and every note. While all tracks are wonderful, if you look carefully, when "I'll Close My Eyes," begins playing, you can actually see the disc starting to melt. Superb.
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