20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dinah Washington

Performer: Dinah Washington
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Dinah Washington, Brook Benton. Producers include: Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones, Hal Mooney, Clyde Otis, Bob Shad. Compilation producer Andy McKaie. Recorded between 1949 & 1961. Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series. Personnel: Brook Benton (vocals). Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl. Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (03/04/1949-??/??/1960); New York, NY (03/04/1949-??/??/1960). Arrangers: Quincy Jones; Belford Hendricks. Dinah Washington's installment of the ongoing 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection concentrates on her pop-oriented recordings for Mercury Records. Although this doesn't make for the most comprehensive overview of her career, it works well at shining a spotlight on a particular portion of her career, and the end result is quite enjoyable on those terms. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Despite a relatively short career--she died in 1963 at the age of 39--Dinah Washington laid claim to being one of the major jazz voices, and one of the most versatile of all jazz singers. Her voice was rich; she filled everything she sang with heartfelt emotion, and she could make even material of less than stellar quality sound deeply moving. More importantly, she was equally at home (and had hits) with blues, popular songs of the day, and standards; toward the end she also became a major voice of the burgeoning soul movement.

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