Dinah Sings Bessie Smith

Dinah Sings Bessie Smith
Studio album by
Dinah Washington
Released1958
RecordedDecember 30, 1957 and January 20, 1958
GenreBlues, pop standards
Length35:23 (original recording)
LabelEmarcy, Verve (reissue)
ProducerBob Shad
Dinah Washington chronology
Music for a First Love
(1957) 		Dinah Sings Bessie Smith
(1958) 		Newport '58
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Dinah Sings Bessie Smith is the ninth studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the Emarcy label, and reissued by Verve Records in 1999 as The Bessie Smith Songbook. The album arrangements are headed by Robare Edmondson and Ernie Wilkins, and the songs are associated with American blues singer Bessie Smith. AllMusic details the album in its review as saying: "It was only natural that the "Queen of the Blues" should record songs associated with the "Empress of the Blues." The performances by the septet/octet do not sound like the 1920s and the purposely ricky-tick drumming is insulting, but Dinah Washington sounds quite at home on this music".[3]

  1. ^ "Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1467. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Dinah Sings Bessie Smith". AllMusic.