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　　“The Queen: God bless her. Anyone who loved Dinah Washington

as I did will appreciate this book by Nadine Cohodas, which

beautifully documents the joys and sorrows of the life of this lady

who was a peer of her contemporaries Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah

Vaughan, and Billie Holliday.”

--George Wein, author of Myself Among Others and founder of the

Newport Jazz Festival

“Dinah Washington died at thirty-nine, but packed so much life

and incident into every moment it’s a wonder that Nadine Cohodas

could sort it out; the marital adventures alone might have daunted

a less avid biographer. Nor does she slight her music. Dinah could

make every kind of song vital and personal, no matter the

context–jazz, blues, swing, pop, r&b, or r&r. Cohodas

captures the Queen in all her obstinate spitfire glory.”

--Gary Giddins, author of Weather Bird and Bing Crosby: A

Pocketful of Dreams

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　　Nadine Cohodas is the author of Strom Thurmond and the

Politics of Southern Change, The Band Played Dixie: Race and the

Liberal Conscience at Ole Miss, and Spinning Blues into

Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records, which

was a New York Times Notable Book of 2000 and inducted into

the Blues Hall of Fame in 2002 as a classic of blues literature.

She lives in Washington, D.C.

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书籍介绍

Queen is the landmark biography of the brief, intensely lived life and soulful music of the great Dinah Washington.

A gospel star at fifteen, she was discovered by jazz great Lionel Hampton at eighteen, and for the rest of her life was on the road, playing clubs, or singing in the studio--making music one way or another.

Dinah's tart and heartfelt voice quickly became her trademark; she was a distinctive stylist, crossing over from the "race" music category to the pop and jazz charts. Known in her day as Queen of the Blues and Queen of the Juke Boxes, Dinah was regarded as that rare "first take" artist, her studio recordings reflecting the same passionate energy she brought to the stage. As Nadine Cohodas shows us, Dinah suffered her share of heartbreak in her personal life, but she thrived on the growing audience response that greeted her signature tunes: "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes," "Evil Gal Blues," and "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)," with Brook Benton. She made every song she sand her own.

Dinah lives large in these pages, with her seven marriages; her penchant for clothes, cars, furs, and diets; and her famously feisty personality--testy one moment and generous the next. This biography, meticulously researched and gracefully written, is the first to draw on extensive interviews with family members and newly discovered documents. It is a revelation of Dinah's work and her life. Cohodas captures the Queen in all her contradictions, and we hear in this book the voice of a natural star, born to entertain and to be loved.