After Hours With Miss “D”

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

After Hours With Miss “D” · After Hours with Miss D is a 1954 studio album by the singer Dinah Washington. She sings standards by, among others, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Cole Porter, such as Blue Skies, A Foggy Day, Pennies from Heaven and Love for Sale.

She is accompanied by a large group of jazz musicians, among them the trumpeter Clark Terry, the tenor saxophonists Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Paul Quinichette, the pianist Junior Mance, the bassist Keter Betts, the conga player Candido Camero and the drummer Ed Thigpen. Some songs last seven minutes or more, others just over two. The 2004 CD reissue added an extended take of Blue Skies.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Blue Skies (edited version)7:50Apple Music ↗
2. 2Bye Bye Blues6:57Apple Music ↗
3. 3Am I Blue3:13Apple Music ↗
4. 4Our Love Is Here to Stay2:30Apple Music ↗
5. 5A Foggy Day7:58Apple Music ↗
6. 6I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart7:01Apple Music ↗
7. 7Pennies from Heaven2:16Apple Music ↗
8. 8Love for Sale2:11Apple Music ↗
9. 9Blue Skies10:55Apple Music ↗

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