Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller

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Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller · Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller is Dinah Washington's seventh studio album, released in 1957 on the label Emarcy. Verve reissued it in 1990 under the title The Fats Waller Songbook. She sings twelve songs that the jazz pianist, organist and singer Fats Waller wrote or played, such as Ain't Misbehavin', Honeysuckle Rose and Black and Blue.

Bob Shad produced the record and Ernie Wilkins arranged and conducted. The orchestra includes well-known jazz musicians such as the trumpeter Clark Terry, the saxophonist Benny Golson and the trombonist Melba Liston. In Honeysuckle Rose and Everybody Loves My Baby, her then husband, the saxophonist Eddie Chamblee, sings along in playful duets. According to AllMusic, the record combines Waller's lively songs with Washington's expressive singing, which handles the classics with ease and is particularly emotional.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Christopher Columbus2:48Apple Music ↗
2. 2Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do3:26Apple Music ↗
3. 3Jitterbug Waltz1:47Apple Music ↗
4. 4Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat2:01Apple Music ↗
5. 5Ain't Cha Glad2:46Apple Music ↗
6. 6Squeeze Me2:10Apple Music ↗
7. 7Ain't Misbehavin'2:36Apple Music ↗
8. 8Black and Blue2:56Apple Music ↗
9. 9Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me)2:39Apple Music ↗
10. 10I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling2:26Apple Music ↗
11. 11Honeysuckle Rose2:37Apple Music ↗
12. 12Keepin' out of Mischief Now2:39Apple Music ↗

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