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Article: Album Review

Melissa Morgan: Until I Met You

Read "Until I Met You" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Many young jazz vocalists reach into the book of standards for their first recording. Melissa Morgan follows the tradition, but in a way that works to her advantage. Morgan, 29, grew up on Teaneck, N.J. She became a jazz fan upon hearing her grandmother's old records--the music of such inspirational vocalists as Nancy Wilson, ...

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What a Difference a Day Makes / Makin' Whoopee

Featuring the music of Dinah Washington
Duration: 4:58

Dinah Washington singing "What A Difference A Day Makes" and "Makin' Whoopee" accompanied by a band led by Louis Jordan.
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News: Event

The UK Debut of Paris Singing Star China Moses

The UK Debut of Paris Singing Star China Moses

China's UK debut takes place at Ronnie Scott's club, Soho on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 April. Daughter of jazz superstar Dee Dee Bridgewater, China has created a tribute show to the late Dinah Washington which has become a huge success in France and has just been released there as a CD on EMI/Blue Note. China, ...

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Evil Gal: The Imperious Dinah Washington

Label: El Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Fat Daddy; Go Pretty Daddy; TV Is The Thing; Feel Like I Wanna Cry; Lean Baby; Never Never; I Ain't Going To Cry No More; Am I Blue?; My Man's An Undertaker; Short John; Our Love Is Here To Stay; One Arabian Night; I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart; A Foggy Day; No No No (You Can't Love Two); What A Great Sensation; If It's The Last Thing I Do; I've Got You Under My Skin; Darn That Dream; Blue Gardenia; I Diddle; Wasn't It?

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Music for Lovers

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Lover Man; For All We Know; Romance in the Dark; I Didn't Know About You; You're a Sweetheart; Blue Gardenia; I'm Gonna Laugh You Out of My Life; The Good Life; That Old Feeling; If It's the Last Thing I Do; He's My Guy; I'll Never Stop Loving You.

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Send Me To the 'Lectric Chair

Featuring the music of Dinah Washington
Duration: 3:27

The great jazz singer Dinah Washington sings "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair" from her Bessie Smith tribute album.
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Article: Album Review

Dinah Washington: Evil Gal: The Imperious Dinah Washington

Read "Evil Gal: The Imperious Dinah Washington" reviewed by Nic Jones


In these days of photogenic warblers putting out the standards with only a negligible grasp of individuality and little in the way of interpretive skill, Dinah Washington continues to put a smile on your face before she's even got through the first line of a song. Evil Gal is a trawl through the sides she cut ...

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Article: Album Review

Dinah Washington: Music for Lovers

Read "Music for Lovers" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Dinah Washington's biting, blues-smoked phrasing is often cited as the primordial ground from which singers such as Esther Phillips and Nancy Wilson blossomed, and through them, more contemporary vocalists like Chaka Khan and Patti Labelle subsequently bloomed. This new collection of ballads draws from Washington's 1962-63 recording prime, a fertile period when she released several albums ...

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Music For Lovers

Label: EmArcy
Released: 2006


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