Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1971 Japanese Mercury Mono LP)

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Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams | Vinyl LP - 1971 Japanese Mercury Mono Reissue (15PJ-2010(M), Clifford Brown Collection No. 3, Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.)

On 14 August 1954, Dinah Washington walked into a Los Angeles recording session that also produced a separate album for the three trumpeters present. The full session was split across two releases — the companion record Jam Session (EmArcy MG-36002) and this one, Dinah Jams (EmArcy MG-36000), the very first album issued on EmArcy. Both were recorded live in front of an audience with arrangements by Quincy Jones.

The lineup brought together the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet's core — Brown, Roach, George Morrow on bass and Richie Powell on piano — with two additional trumpeters, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson, plus Herb Geller on alto saxophone, Harold Land on tenor, and Junior Mance on piano for some tracks. Washington, who had signed to Mercury in 1954 and was recording her pop sides for the parent label and jazz for EmArcy, directed the entire session from the front, keeping the focus on her voice while leaving room for extended improvisation. "You Go to My Head" runs over eleven minutes and serves as the album's centrepiece, each of the three trumpeters soloing at length. "I've Got You Under My Skin" opens Side B with a similar architecture. Richie Powell, the younger brother of Bud Powell, died alongside Clifford Brown in a car accident on 26 June 1956. This Japanese Mercury pressing is part of the Clifford Brown Collection series, No. 3, manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.