If you like Dinah then this is a treat... one of the best recording's of hers !!....including a extra long version of Blue Skies as the last track
After Hours with Miss "D" is a 1954 studio album by Dinah Washington.
One of her earliest Jazz session would be June 1954 sessions featuring Paul Quinichette, followed by some Blues/Popular sessions. Then in the middle 1954, she tried another great jazzy session. Among all recorded tracks, A-1 “Blue Skies” may be the best track - her emotional singing is awesome as always, while his backing musicians plays a good amount of solos which are also attractive.
1. Blue Skies
2. Bye Bye Blues
3. Am I Blue
4. Our Love Is Here To Stay
5. A Foggy Day
1. I Let a Song Go Out Of my Heart
2. Pennies from Heaven
3. Love For Sale
4. Blue Skies
Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950s songs". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.She made her recording debut for the Keynote label that December with "Evil Gal Blues", written by Leonard Feather and backed by Hampton and musicians from his band, Both that record and its follow-up, "Salty Papa Blues", made the Billboard "Harlem Hit Parade" in 1944. In December 1945 she made a series of twelve recordings for Apollo Records.
4. Blue Skies
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