DINAH WASHINGTON - Dinah '62 (1962) lp | 24bits-96Hz | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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. John Bush
Tracklist :
A1    Drinking Again    3:32
Johnny Mercer / Doris Tauber
A2    Destination Moon    2:35
Roy Alfred / Marvin Fisher
A3    Miss You    3:39
Charles Tobias / Harry Tobias
A4    A Handful Of Stars    3:25
Jack Lawrence / Ted Shapiro
A5    Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby    3:25
Bill Austin / Louis Jordan
B1    You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You    2:47
James Cavanaugh / Russ Morgan / Larry Stock
B2    Red Sails In The Sunset    2:31
Jimmy Kennedy / Hugh Williams
B3    Where Are You?    2:15
Harold Adamson / Jimmy McHugh
B4    Coquette    2:58
Johnny Green / Gus Kahn / Carmen Lombardo
B5    Take Your Shoes Off Baby    2:44
Gene Austin
Credits :
Conductor – Fred Norman
Vocals - Dinah Washington