Dinah Jams is a 1954 live album by vocalist Dinah Washington. Remastered in 1990.
Tracks
#"Lover Come Back to Me"
#"Alone Together" (instrumental)
#"Summertime" (instrumental)
#"Come Rain or Come Shine"
#"No More"
#"I've Got You Under My Skin"
#"There Is No Greater Love"
#"You Go to My Head"
#"Darn That Dream" - reissue bonus track
#"Crazy He Calls Me" - reissue bonus track
#"I'll Remember April" - reissue bonus track
Personnel
* Dinah Washington - vocals
* Clifford Brown - trumpet
* Maynard Ferguson - trumpet
* Clark Terry - trumpet
* Herb Geller - alto saxophone
* Harold Land - tenor saxophone
* Richie Powell - piano
* Junior Mance - piano
* George Morrow - double bass
* Keter Betts - double bass
* Max Roach - drums
Category:Dinah Washington albums
Category:Clifford Brown albums
Category:Maynard Ferguson albums
Category:Clark Terry live albums
Category:Max Roach albums
Category:1954 live albums
Category:EmArcy Records live albums
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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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