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Back Water Blues by Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach & Don Elliott

First released: 1959, Length: 4:33

Creators (8)

Performer

  1. Dinah Washington

Instruments

  1. Blue Mitchell trumpet
  2. Harold Ousley tenor saxophone
  3. Max Roach drums (drum set)
  4. Melba Liston trombone
  5. Paul West bass
  6. Sahib Shihab baritone saxophone
  7. Wynton Kelly piano

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Backwater Blues

    Composer

    1. Bessie Smith (1927)

    Lyricist

    1. Bessie Smith (1927)

    Arranger

    1. James P. Johnson (1927) piano

Releases containing this recording (1)

Official

Album - Live

  1. Newport ’58 1959 Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach & Don Elliott