UPC: 8712618900611
Format: LP
Regular price
$28.95
Regular price
Sale price
$28.95
Unit price
per
Couldn't load pickup availability
FREE SHIPPING
This item is currently out of stock and may be on backorder.
Personnel: Dinah Washington (vocals); Gene Porter (alto & baritone saxophones, clarinet); Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); Karl George (trumpet); Wilbert Baranco (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Charles Mingus (bass); Lee Young (drums).
Recorded in Los Angeles, California between December 10 & 13, 1945. Includes liner notes by Dempsey J. Travis.
This is part of Delmark's Apollo series.
The late Dinah Washington remains one of the greatest American song stylists ever. There are precious few singers whose work could transcend genre, who were comfortable in more than one or even several styles. Ray Charles and Bing Crosby are two that come to mind; Dinah Washington is another. MELLOW MAMA is Washington in her formative years, when she sang with jazz and early R&B bands in the late 1940s and early `50s. MELLOW isn't nearly as polished as her more famous recordings, but it's exciting to hear Washington's voice developing and her youthful, spunky delivery.
Recorded in Los Angeles, California between December 10 & 13, 1945. Includes liner notes by Dempsey J. Travis.
This is part of Delmark's Apollo series.
The late Dinah Washington remains one of the greatest American song stylists ever. There are precious few singers whose work could transcend genre, who were comfortable in more than one or even several styles. Ray Charles and Bing Crosby are two that come to mind; Dinah Washington is another. MELLOW MAMA is Washington in her formative years, when she sang with jazz and early R&B bands in the late 1940s and early `50s. MELLOW isn't nearly as polished as her more famous recordings, but it's exciting to hear Washington's voice developing and her youthful, spunky delivery.