Dinah Jams

{{Infobox album

| name = Dinah Jams

| type = live

| artist = Dinah Washington

| cover = Dinah Washington-Dinah Jams (album cover).jpg

| alt =

| released = February 1955

| recorded = August 15, 1954

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 53:05

| label = EmArcy{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_jYGhgj1CrgC&dq=Dinah+Jams+1955+emarcy&pg=PA488|title=Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington|first=Nadine|last=Cohodas|date=December 18, 2007|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=9780307427380|via=Google Books}}

| producer = Bob Shad

| prev_title = After Hours with Miss "D"

| prev_year = 1954

| next_title = For Those in Love

| next_year = 1955

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149777|first=Stephen|last=Cook}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&dq=Dinah+Jams+1955&pg=RA76-PA2002|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1467}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Dinah Jams is the second studio album by vocalist Dinah Washington.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/4172726/dinah-washington-dinah-jams|title=Dinah Washington: 'Dinah Jams'|website=NPR.org}} It was recorded live in Los Angeles in 1954. Billboard in 1955 wrote: "The instrumental solos are excellent and the entire package is well recorded in a smoothly paced collection of hot and cool jazz."{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22dinah+jams%22&pg=PA22|title=Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums|work=Billboard|page=22|date=5 February 1955|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=17 January 2019|via=Google Books}}

Track listing

{{Tracklist

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Lover, Come Back to Me

| note1 = Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg

| length1 = 9:46

| title2 = Alone Together

| note2 = Arthur Schwartz

| length2 = 2:23

| title3 = Summertime

| note3 = George Gershwin

| length3 = 2:27

| title4 = Come Rain or Come Shine

| note4 = Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer

| length4 = 2:22

| title5 = No More

| note5 = Tutti Camarata and Bob Russell

| length5 = 3:17

}}

{{Tracklist

| headline = Side two

| title6 = I've Got You Under My Skin

| note6 = Cole Porter

| length6 = 5:18

| title7 = There Is No Greater Love

| note7 = Isham Jones and Marty Symes

| length7 = 2:17

| title8 = You Go to My Head

| note8 = John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie

| length8 = 11:07

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Reissue bonus tracks

| title9 = Darn That Dream

| note9 = Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLange

| length9 = 5:14

| title10 = Crazy He Calls Me

| note10 = Carl Sigman and Bob Russell

| length10 = 4:47

| title11 = I'll Remember April

| note11 = Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston and Don Raye

| length11 = 11:47

}}

Tracks 2 and 3 are instrumentals.

Personnel

References

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Category:Dinah Washington live albums

Category:1954 live albums

Category:EmArcy Records live albums

Category:Albums produced by Bob Shad

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