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Swing Era: Dinah Washington (2004)
Released By: MVD Music Video   Rating: Not Rated   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: MVD Music Video
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Director: N/A
Language: English
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Cast: Dinah Washington
Published ID: 918423
UPC: 022891902096,
Plot: Four songs by Dinah Washington are brought together with numbers by Martha Davis, Dorothy Dandridge, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Edna Mae Harris, and others in this edition of Swing Era. Released by Idem Home Video, the series includes classic performances by the some of the 20th century's most popular big-band and jazz artists. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
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Washington, Dandridge, Tharpe, Brown and others
Added 12/17/2008

Indeed; calling this DVD Dinah Washington and friends is bad, misleading and unfair... Therefore only 4 stars.

On the other hand, fans of swing jazz and some similar genres (including boogie woogie!) might like to own this DVD with these short musical films starring these singers, artists, players and entertainers:
Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Dorothy Dandridge, Martha Davis, Faye Adams, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mabel Lee, June Richmond, Vanita Smythe, Edna Mae Harris. I think I named them all.

This is a bonanza for us nostalgia fans (incidentally, I seem to be nostalgic about the era not even my MOTHER was yet born in, but too each his own...)


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Dinah Washington DVD features more Friends than Imaginable
Added 8/31/2008

Only four of the twenty two video clips on this DVD are of Dinah Washington. There are nine other artists included in this program, all of whom complement Ms. Washington, but I would have preferred a better balance of Dinah's material to that of the other singers.
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