Jailhouse Blues

Dinah Washington · 1958 · Blues de Bessie Smith et Clarence Williams

Context

Blues written by Bessie Smith and Clarence Williams, part of the record's programme. Dinah Washington sings it with an orchestra featuring several trumpets and trombones.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Blues, spirituals, work songs. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• After You've Gone (Dinah Washington) (1958)
• Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair (1958)
• Backwater Blues (1958)
• Me and My Gin (1958)
• What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (1959)
• This Bitter Earth (1959)

Sources

• EN: Dinah Sings Bessie Smith

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