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Title information

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby

Dinah Washington

Sings the blues

Date of recording

4.12.1956, New York

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Performers

Dinah Washington (Soloist) (vocals)

* 29.8.1924, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (AL), United States

† 14.12.1963, Detroit, Michigan (MI), United States

Quincy Jones Orchestra (Orchestra / Ensemble)
Ernie Royal (trumpet)

* 2.6.1921, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

† 16.3.1983, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Charlie Shavers (trumpet)

* 3.8.1917, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 8.7.1971, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Clark Terry (trumpet)

* 14.12.1920, St. Louis, Missouri (MO), United States

† 21.2.2015, Pine Bluff, Arkansas (AR), United States

Joe Wilder (trumpet)

* 22.2.1922, Colwyn, Pennsylvania, United States

† 9.5.2014, Manhattan, Kansas (KS), United States

Jimmy Cleveland (Trombone)

* 3.5.1926, Wartrace, Tennessee (TN), United States

† 23.8.2008, Lynwood, California (CA), United States

Urbie Green (Trombone)

* 8.8.1926, Mobile, Alabama (AL), United States

† 31.12.2018, Hellertown, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

Quentin Jackson (Trombone)

* 13.1.1909, Springfield, Ohio (OH), United States

† 2.10.1976, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Tom Mitchell (bass sax, Trombone)

* 1926, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

† 2003

Hal McKusick (flute, alto sax)

* 1.6.1924, Medford, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 11.4.2012, Sag Habor, Long Island, New York (NY), United States

Anthony Ortega (flute, alto sax)

* 7.6.1928, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

† 30.10.2022, Encinitas, California (CA), United States

Jerome Richardson (flute, tenor sax)

* 15.11.1920, Oakland, California (CA), United States

† 23.6.2000, Englewood, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Lucky Thompson (tenor sax)

* 16.6.1924, Columbia, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 30.6.2005, Seattle, Washington (WA), United States

Danny Bank (bass sax)

* 17.7.1922, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 5.6.2010, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Don Elliott (mellophone)

* 21.10.1926, Sommerville, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 5.7.1984, Weston, Connecticut (CT), United States

Barry Galbraith (guitar)

* 18.12.1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 13.1.1983, Bennington, Vermont (VT), United States

Milt Hinton (Double Bass)

* 23.6.1910, Vicksburgh, Mississippi (MS), United States

† 9.12.2000, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Jimmy Crawford (drums)

* 14.1.1910, Memphis, Tennessee (TN), United States

† 28.1.1980, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Quincy Jones (Conductor)

* 14.3.1933, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 3.11.2024, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Authors

Louis Jordan (Composer)

* 8.7.1908, Brinkley, Arkansas (AR), United States

† 4.2.1975, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Billy Austin (Composer)

* 6.3.1896, Denver, Colorado (CO), United States

† 24.7.1964, Hollywood, California (CA), United States

Album information

Sings the blues

Dinah Washington

Sings the blues

Year of production

1987

Record Label

Mercury

Tracks

  • 1. Show time
  • 2. Time out for tears
  • 3. Trouble in mind
  • 4. A bad case of the blues
  • 5. Is you is or is you ain't my baby
  • 6. Bad Luck
  • 7. You don't know what love is
  • 8. Trouble in the lowlands (a/k/a Backwater blues)
  • 9. Blue gardenia
  • 10. Soft winds
  • 11. Somewhere along the line
  • 12. Salty papa blues
  • 13. Make the man love me
  • 14. Lingering
  • 15. Since I fell for you
  • 16. No more