Dinah Washington Back To The Blues on 180g Import LP from Pure Pleasure
Dinah Washington sings the blues (and how!) on this 1962 classic, considered the finest of her Roulette releases. She returned here to the kind of blues style of singing that has so often been imitated but remains so uniquely her own. It's a style that packs emotion and a sense of personal identification with the lyrics and their meaning. Backed by a solid accompaniment from arranger-conductor Fred Norman, Dinah wails, cries and belts her blues story with stirring intensity and electrifying vitality. With Back To The Blues the Queen reaffirmed the legend that when it came to the blues she alone reigned supreme!
Musicians:
Dinah Washington (vocals)
Illinois Jacquet, Eddie Chamblee (tenor saxophone)
Jack Wilson / Patti Bown (piano)
Jimmy Sigler (organ)
Everett Barksdale / Billy Butler (guitar)
George Duvivier (bass)
Jimmy Thomas / Osie Johnson (drums)
1. The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man
2. Romance In The Dark
3. You've Been A Good Old Wagon
4. Let Me Be The First To Know
5. How Long, How Long Blues
6. Don't Come Running Back To Me
7. It's A Mean Old Man's World
8. Key To The Highway
9. If I Never Get To Heaven
10. Duck Before You Drown
11. No Hard Feelings
12. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
