Jazz / Vocal; Classic Female Blues; Ballads; Standards; Traditional Pop; Vocal Jazz
Recorded: Aug 3, 1954-Dec 1961
Dinah Washington (vocals) Herb Geller (alto saxophone) Paul Quinichette, Harold Land (tenor saxophone) Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone) Clark Terry, Clifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) Wynton Kelly (piano) Barry Galbraith (guitar) Keter Betts (bass) Jimmy Cobb, Max Roach (drums) Belford Hendricks's Orchestra
Quincy Jones's Orchestra includes: Quincy Jones (arranger) Harold Mooney, Ernie Wilkins (arrangers) Hal McKusick (alto saxophone, flute) Anthony Ortega (alto saxophone) Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson, Al Cohn (tenor saxohpone) Danny Bank (baritone saxophone) Don Elliott (trumpet, mellophone, vibraphone, bongo) Joe Newman, Jimmy Maxwell, Doc Severinsen, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Ernie Royal (trumpet) Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson, Kai Winding (trombone) Tom Mitchell (bass trombone) Sleepy Anderson (piano, celesta) Jack Wilson, Patti Brown (piano) Barry Galbraith, George Barnes (guitar) Milt Hinton (bass) Jimmy Crawford (drums) The Dells (background vocals)
Harold Mooney's Orchestra includes: Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone) Gus Chappell (trombone) Junior Mance, Wynton Kelly (piano) Keter Betts (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums)
Nat Goodman's Orchestra includes: Belford Hendricks (arranger) Joe Zawinul (piano)
Fred Norman's Orchestra includes: Belford Hendricks (arranger)
Includes liner notes by James Gavin |