The Swingin’ Miss “D” (album)

The Swingin' Miss D is a 1956 studio album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Quincy Jones.

Track listing
 "I'll Drown in My Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:09 "You Let My Love Grow Cold" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 2:26 "Bargain Day" (William Roy) – 2:50 "Relax Max" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) – 2:42 "Tears to Burn" (Alberts, Bruce) – 2:44 "The Kissing Way Home" (Harold Solomon, Manny Kurtz) – 2:23 "I Know" (Dick Felt, Russell Hallowell, Teddy Powell) – 3:07
 * 1) "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) – 2:44
 * 2) "You're Crying" (Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones) – 3:29
 * 3) "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:26
 * 4) "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 2:27
 * 5) "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:25
 * 6) "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 2:37
 * 7) "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, H. J. Lengsfelder, Tizol) – 3:23
 * 8) "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:42
 * 9) "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?" (Bill Austin, Louis Jordan) – 2:56
 * 10) "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) – 3:57
 * 11) "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, I. Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:32
 * Additional tracks on 1998 CD reissue


 * 15-18 recorded June 25, 1956
 * 12, 13 recorded November 21, 1956
 * 6,7,9,11 recorded December 4, 1956
 * 1,2,4,5 recorded December 5, 1956
 * 3,8,10,14 recorded December 6, 1956

Performance

 * Dinah Washington - vocals
 * Milt Hinton - double bass
 * Danny Bank - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
 * Anthony Ortega - clarinet, alto saxophone
 * Jerome Richardson - clarinet, tenor saxophone
 * Lucky Thompson
 * Jimmy Crawford - drums
 * Osie Johnson
 * Hal McKusick - flute, alto saxophone
 * Barry Galbraith - guitar
 * Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson - piano, celeste
 * Tommy Mitchell - bass trombone
 * Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
 * Urbie Green
 * Quentin Jackson
 * Don Elliott - trumpet, bongos, mellophonium, xylophone, vibraphone
 * Bernie Glow - trumpet
 * Jimmy Maxwell
 * Ernie Royal
 * Doc Severinsen
 * Charlie Shavers
 * Clark Terry
 * Nick Travis
 * Joe Wilder
 * Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
 * Benny Golson - arranger
 * Ernie Wilkins

Production

 * Patricia Lie - art direction
 * Hat Nguyen
 * Bob Shad - producer
 * Carlos Kase - assistant producer
 * Tom Greenwood - production coordination
 * Bryan Koniarz
 * Ben Young - research, supervisor, restoration
 * Sheryl Lutz-Brown - design
 * Brian Priestley - liner notes
 * John S. Wilson
 * Suha Gur - mastering
 * Chuck Stewart - photography
 * Peter Pullman - editing
 * Richard Seidel - executive producer