Dinah! (album)

Dinah! is a fourth studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the EmArcy label. The album includes a mix of jazz, popular and blues standards of the period, all selected to emphasize the vocalist's style.

Reception
Allmusic details the album in its review as saying:

Dinah! includes a very enjoyable mix of medium-tempo and after-hours vocal numbers. On a handful of cuts, Washington gets into the kind of smoldering and declamatory blues mode she excelled at.

The single "Make Me a Present of You" peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart in 1958.

Track listing
Additional tracks on later releases
 * 1) "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
 * Cole Porter (lyrics and music) – 6:45


 * 1) "The Show Must Go On"
 * Albert Frisch (music); Roy Alfred (words) – 2:27


 * 1) "The Birth of the Blues"
 * Ray Henderson (music); Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (lyrics) – 3:56

Notes
 * undefined – Recorded January 12, 1955 in New York.
 * undefined – November 10, 1955 in Los Angeles.
 * undefined – November 11, 1955 in Los Angeles.
 * undefined – November 12, 1955 in Los Angeles.

Selected re-issues and compilations
 Re-issues

Dinah!
 * PolyGram (CD) (©1991)
 * New program notes by James Isaacs (of WBUR-FM)

Compilations

The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury
 * CD 2 of 3
 * Vol. 4 of 7
 * Tokyo: Manufactured and distributed by Nippon Phonogram Co.
 * Remaster of Mercury 834683-2
 * Kiyoshi Tokiwa (born 1936), digital remastering

Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.


 * Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone
 * Keter Betts – bass
 * Jimmy Cobb – drums
 * Maynard Ferguson – trumpet
 * Tom Ferguson – trumpet
 * Herb Geller – alto saxophone
 * Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
 * Al Hendrickson – guitar
 * Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt – alto saxophone
 * James Isaacs – liner notes
 * Wynton Kelly – piano
 * Tokiwa Kinoshita – digital remastering, remastering
 * Manny Klein – trumpet
 * Ray Linn – trumpet
 * Hal Mooney – arranger, conductor
 * Hal Mooney Orchestra – musician
 * Ben Mundy – preparation for release
 * Tom Pederson – trombone
 * Cliff Preiss – preparation for release
 * Frank Rosolino – trombone
 * Babe Russin – tenor saxophone
 * Bob Shad – producer
 * Dinah Washington – vocals
 * Si Zentner – trombone