Tears and Laughter (Dinah Washington)
Tears and Laughter is a fourteenth
studio album by Dinah Washington with Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones, that was released on Mercury Records (in mono MG 20661 and stereo SR-60661). The orchestral arrangements, partly with strings for the jazz standard repertoire, were provided by Jones, Hal Mooney, Al Cohn, Ernie Wilkins and Billy Byers.[1] On the second half –the B-side– of the original LP release Washington is backed by the male doo-wop quintet The Dells, who toured with her as the opening act since 1960.[2] They are also featured without Washington on "Jeepers Creepers", and "Am I Blue?" is a duet with one of them.[3]
The album received a rating of three stars from AllMusic.[4]
All tracks from the album (except the Dinah-less "
So In Love" (Cole Porter) from the album sessions, and this track has been substituted for "Jeepers Creepers" in the download and streaming re-issue of this album by Verve Records on 4 October 2019.[5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
New Record Mirror |   [6] |
Track listing
- "Bewitched" (Rodgers and Hart) – 2:19
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) – 2:13
- "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) – 2:25
- "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 2:52
- "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron) – 3:00
- "Tears and Laughter" (Miriam Lewis) – 2:50
- "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:48
- "You Do Something to Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:20
- "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:43
- "Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) – 2:02
- "Wake the Town and Tell the People" (Jerry Livingston, Sammy Gallop) – 2:38
- "I Just Found Out About Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) – 2:46
Personnel
- Dinah Washington – vocals (except track 10)
- Quincy Jones – conductor
- The Dells – backing vocals (tracks 7–12)
- Joe Newman, Clark Terry, Ernie Wilkins – trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland, Kai Winding, Billy Byers – trombone
- Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
- Patti Bown – piano
- George Barnes – guitar
- unknown bass and drums
- unidentified orchestra
References
- ^ Cf. entry in the Mercury Records catalog on Jazzdisco.org.
- ^ Official website of The Dells.
- ^ Album liner notes, cf. back cover images of Tears and Laughter at Discogs.
- AllMusic
- ^ "Tears And Laughter by Dinah Washington on Amazon Music - Amazon.com". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- New Record Mirror. No. 78. p. 10. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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