Anita O'Day Recs

[Soulstation1]

worth picking up?

[BFrank]

Just pick up the Mosaic before it goes OOP. You'll get that PLUS a ga-zillion other sessions all at once.

[Jazzmoose]

Yeah, it's good. So's the "Swings Cole Porter with Billy May". So's pretty much everything on the Mosaic. It's her prime period. But if you aren't going to get the Mosaic, grab a few of the Verves!

[JSngry]

 

[JSngry]

Watch the face-acting on this one...every look perfect for before, during, and after an encounter with the police. Taht's not said with even the least bit of snark either, but with the fullest respect.

 

[miles65]

Thanks for posting this. I just love Anita O'Day

[felser]

Any of the Verve sessions.  

[ArtSalt]

Love a bit of Miss O'Day, Anita Sings The Most is my favourite Verve outing.

The earlier stuff is great too, she sounded wonderful in her youth as well as in her mature prime.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

On October 25, 2016 at 3:26 PM, felser said:

Any of the Verve sessions.  

The album All the Sad Young Men is a favorite.   Superb Gary McFarland arrangements, an atypical song selection, and Anita's vocals.

This time of year, for some reason, I tend to listen to a lot of jazz/pop vocal Great American Songbook stuff, and this is always one of the first albums I reach for. 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

The album All the Sad Young Men is a favorite.   Superb Gary McFarland arrangements, an atypical song selection, and Anita's vocals.

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[mikeweil]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

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[JSngry]

Yeah, me too. I'm not an O'Day "buff", but I do like her, and those McFarland charts could easily block off a less empathetic and/or skilled singer. Not Ms. O'Day, she dealt!

[mikeweil]

Only the real greats can deal with such an unexpected, unfamiliar context, and she definitely could. It's amazing how different the albums are that McFarland wrote for O'Day, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, and Bill Evans, and they all responded and could keep their musical selves. Quite an achievement on both sides.

[BFrank]

Time for me to pull that box out again!