The Swingin' Miss "D" is a 1956 album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Quincy Jones.
Personnel
Performance
* Dinah Washington - vocals
* Milt Hinton - double bass
* Danny Bank - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
* Anthony Ortega - clarinet, alto saxophone
* Jerome Richardson - clarinet, tenor saxophone
* Lucky Thompson
* Jimmy Crawford - drums
* Osie Johnson
* Hal McKusick - flute, alto saxophone
* Barry Galbraith - guitar
* Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson - piano, celeste
* Tommy Mitchell - bass trombone
* Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
* Urbie Green
* Quentin Jackson
* Don Elliott - trumpet, bongos, mellophonium, xylophone, vibraphone
* Bernie Glow - trumpet
* Jimmy Maxwell
* Ernie Royal
* Doc Severinsen
* Charlie Shavers
* Clark Terry
* Nick Travis
* Joe Wilder
* Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
* Benny Golson - arranger
* Ernie Wilkins
Production
* Patricia Lie - art direction
* Hat Nguyen
* Bob Shad - producer
* Carlos Kase - assistant producer
* Tom Greenwood - production coordination
* Bryan Koniarz
* Ben Young - research, supervisor, restoration
* Sheryl Lutz-Brown - design
* Brian Priestley - liner notes
* John S. Wilson
* Suha Gur - mastering
* Chuck Stewart - photography
* Peter Pullman - editing
* Richard Seidel - executive producer
References
Category:1956 albums
Category:Dinah Washington albums
Category:EmArcy Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Bob Shad
Category:Albums arranged by Quincy Jones
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Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), born Ruth Lee Jones, was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues". She is a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame,Bogdanov et al. All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues p. 373. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0879307366 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
Career
Ruth Jones was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and moved to Chicago as a child. She sang gospel music in church and played piano, directing her church choir in her teens and being a member of the Sallie Martin Gospel Singers. After winning a talent contest at the age of 15, she began performing in clubs. She appeared at the Garrick Bar in 1942, and was recommended as a vocalist to Lionel Hampton. Changing her stage name to Dinah Washington, she joined Hampton in 1943. She made her recording debut for the Keynote label that December with "Evil Gal Blues", written by Leonard Feather and backed by Hampton and musicians from his band, including Joe Morris (trumpet
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