Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

Dinah Washington · 1958 · Blues de Brooks et Henderson

Context

Title by George Brooks and Fletcher Henderson, associated with Bessie Smith. Dinah Washington sings it with a large ensemble of brass, woodwinds and rhythm section.

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)
• Jailhouse Blues (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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