Sings Cole Porter
Recorded in 1990, the same year various pop stars came out in recognition of Cole Porter and AIDS awareness withRed, Hot + Blue, Dionne Warwick's Porter album collects 13 favorites. It's hard to go wrong with this singer or this songwriter, but the production is  pretty middle of the road, neither strikingly good nor shockingly bad. She's backed by a large orchestra, except in the reprise of "Night and Day," in whichStanley Jordanand the lateGrover Washington Jr.add a smooth-jazz groove. No, Dionne's not exactlyEllahere, but then she's not trying to be.--David Horiuchi