Tears and Laughter (Dinah Washington)

Tears and Laughter is a 1962 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 Washington 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] It received a rating of three stars from AllMusic.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Bewitched" (Rodgers and Hart) – 2:19
2. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) – 2:13
3. "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) – 2:25
4. "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 2:52
5. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron) – 3:00
6. "Tears and Laughter" (Miriam Lewis) – 2:50
7. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:48
8. "You Do Something to Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:20
9. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:43
10. "Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) – 2:02
11. "Wake the Town and Tell the People" (Jerry Livingston, Sammy Gallop) – 2:38
12. "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

1. Cf. entry in the Mercury Records catalog on Jazzdisco.org
2. Official website of The Dells
3. Album liner notes, cf. back cover images of Tears and Laughter at Discogs
4. Tears and Laughter at AllMusic