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| The great jazz/blues singer excelled on these performances. Remastered, with four bonus tracks. Drinking Again, Destination Moon, Miss You, more. |
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| 1 Drinking Again |
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| 2 Destination Moon |
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| 3 Miss You |
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| 4 A Handful of Stars |
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| 5 Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? |
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| 6 You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You |
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| 7 Red Sails in the Sunset |
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| 8 Where Are You? |
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| 9 Coquette |
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| 10 Take Your Shoes Off, Baby |
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| 11 Make Believe Dreams |
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| 12 Something's Gotta Give |
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| 13 I'll Never Stop Loving You |
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| 14 Me and My Gin |
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Album Review
The first of five LPs Dinah Washington recorded for Roulette during her last year and a half of life, "Dinah '62" finds one of the foremost interpreters in vocal jazz treading merrily through a set of standards informed by Fred Norman's modern and commercially slanted big-band arrangements. Despite a few trad vocal backgrounds, most of these charts never overwhelm the songs or Washington's performances, and sometimes add to them; this version of the decades-old "Red Sails In The Sunset" benefits from its earthy electric guitar and organ. The singer brings a lifetime of experience to these songs, carrying the soporific world-weariness of Johnny Mercer's "Drinking Again" but then skating rompishly over the light novelty "Destination Moon." Washington is far more willing to indulge in histrionics than earlier in her career, but still exhibits remarkable control over her vocalizing, whether light or forceful. [EMI's 2003 reissue of "Dinah '62" added four songs recorded at the same session but released on subsequent LPs, including the hard-living "Me And My Gin."] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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