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Recorded in New York, New York on March 15-17, 1955. Originally released as Emarcy (MG 36011). Includes liner notes by Harvey Pekar.

 

Dinah Washington cut a lot of sides in two decades of recording. However, her straight jazz sessions were few and far between because of the mass popular and commercial appeal that she had as a pop singer. Still, the versatile Dinah thrived in just about any setting and the one provided here in 1955 by the gifted Chicago producer Bob Shad showcases her intimate side to perfection.

 

Since Dinah Washington just about invented gospel-based soulful singing, it's thrilling to hear her at the peak of her powers backed by a small group that includes trumpeter Clark Terry and pianist Wynton Kelly. The session is also graced by Quincy Jones' tidy arrangements. With such expert support, the singer's powerful phrasing, precise diction, and pitch-perfect intonation draw as much emotion and meaning possible out of her chosen material, including Billie-associated tunes like "Easy Living" and "My Old Flame." Dinah Washington was first and foremost a musician--not a showboat. And part of her genius was that she could make her formidable presence actually underscore her own vulnerability, as in the lilting "Blue Gardenia" and blues-tinged "You Don't Know What Love Is."

 

This CD contains two bonus tracks.

 

Digitally remastered by Kiyoshi Tokiwa and Suha Gur.

 

Personnel includes: Dinah Washington (vocals); Quincy Jones (arranger); Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone); Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Clark Terry (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland (trombone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Barry Galbraith (guitar); Keeter Betts (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums).

 

1. I Get a Kick Out of You

2. Blue Gardenia

3. Easy Living

4. You Don't Know What Love Is

5. This Can't Be Love

6. My Old Flame

7. I Could Write a Book

8. Make the Man Love Me

9. Ask a Woman Who Knows - (bonus track)

10. If I Had You - (bonus track)

 

Prachtig!

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ODETTA AND THE BLUES (1962)

 

1. Hard, Oh Lord

2. Believe I'll Go

3. Oh, Papa

4. How Long Blues

5. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor

6. Go Down Sunshine

7. Leavin' This Mornin'

8. Hogan's Alley

9. Oh, My Babe

10. Yonder Comes The Blues

11. Weeping Willow Blues

12. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

 

Personnel

 

Odetta – vocals

Buck Clayton – trumpet

Vic Dickenson – trombone

Herb Hall – clarinet

Dick Wellstood – piano

Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass

Berisford "Shep" Shephard – drums

 

Odetta was (en is) vooral bekend van haar folksongs. Maar zij stak ook traditioneel blues repertoire in een nieuw jasje.

Haar diepe, krachtige stem deed denken aan die van de grote blueszangeressen uit de jaren twintig en dertig van de vorige eeuw, zoals Ma Rainey, Ida Cox en Bessie Smith. Maar Odetta's stem was leniger, buigzamer.

Klassieke blues, uitstekend vertolkt en begeleid, verrassend goed opgenomen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odetta

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(...) Ray Charles left his own music behind to sing Gershwin with one of the most brilliant songstress of all time, Cleo Laine. The result was one of the most magical duet albums ever recorded! Beware! This is not one of your typically light opera versions of Porgy and Bess. This is the artistic interpretation of two accomplished artists who turn Gershwin's music into an unusual mix of spectacle and soul! Not since Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong has any artist attempted to put hot and raw jazz back into this magnificent array of songs.* Cleo Laine's fine vocals with Ray Charles' raw soul is a perfect match!

 

Each song arrangement was perfectly matched to the artist by Frank DeVol with a 78-piece orchestra. Great instrumental artists like Joe Sample, Lee Ritenour, Joe Pass and Ernie Watts are just some of the many gifted in the orchestra. Many of the arrangements are so hot that they can stand on their own.

 

The opening number "Summertime" swells into a gorgeously rich duet. Cleo Laine's finale in "My Man's Gone Now" is a vocal high. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" is a cooking duet between Ray & Cleo. "Bess, You Is My Woman" is rich with tenderness and longing from both singers. Cleo Laine hits angelic gospelly highs in "Oh, Doctor Jesus". "It Ain't Necessarily So" is one of the funkiest duets in the album. It scorches beyond belief! "I Love You, Porgy" is a sweeping tour-de-force for Cleo Laine. Ray Charles' earthy soul is full force in his version of "Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess". The finale "Oh, Lord, I'm On My Way" hits the heavens with Ray's gospel vocal.

 

The lp was originally recorded in 1976 and the cd was digitally remastered in 1988. The vocals are marvelously recorded. You'd swear you were in the recording studio! The only downside of this cd is its limited release yet well worth the search.

 

* Nou ja... Lena Horne en Harry Belafonte deden het samen

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Child of the future is ook leuk.

Opgenomen bij Steve Albini en dat is te horen. ;)

 

Wist ik natuurlijk weer niks van :rolleyes: Effe gezocht en een zeer lovende recensie gevonden. Alleen op vinyl.. :cool2:

Ziet er wel uit als verplichte kost.

Dat het te horen is dat Albini achter de knoppen zat kan ook betekenen dat je het niet om aan te horen vindt.. Maar ik ben wel Albini-fiel, heb me laatst nog verbaasd hoe hij 'Dry' van P.J. Harvey gemaakt heeft, fan-tas-tisch werk Steve B)

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Mvg. Miracle.

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