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Anita O'Day and Billy May had met before, on a glorious 1959 date swinging Cole Porter, before they reconvened just 14 months later to do similar damage to the songbook of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. While Porter songs such as "Just One of Those Things" and "I Get a Kick out of You" translated well to the high-energy treatment of May's brassy arrangements and O'Day's spitfire performances, Rodgers & Hart were a more difficult proposition. Broadway fans could understandably fear that O'Day and May would pulverize the waltzing balladry of Rodgers as well as Hart's intricate wordplay. They should have realized that, like the breakneck yet technically perfect performances of bop originators Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, O'Day would miss no subtleties -- and would probably add some of her own -- while she graced these energized versions of American pop classics. Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart begins on a high note, with the absolutely frenetic "Johnny One Note," and finds May unsurprisingly goosing several of Richard Rodgers' wonderful waltzes, including a version of "Lover" that provides the excited American equivalent of Peggy Lee's bustling, exotic hit version of the same song. Despite her technical gifts, Anita O'Day still sings a ballad very sweetly, as on "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," although she predictably can't help scatting out the song. She also delivers just the perfect amount of man-killer tartness on the obscure serial-killer tale "To Keep My Love Alive."
© John Bush /TiVo
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Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Billy May Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Anita O'Day and Billy May had met before, on a glorious 1959 date swinging Cole Porter, before they reconvened just 14 months later to do similar damage to the songbook of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. While Porter songs such as "Just One of Those Things" and "I Get a Kick out of You" translated well to the high-energy treatment of May's brassy arrangements and O'Day's spitfire performances, Rodgers & Hart were a more difficult proposition. Broadway fans could understandably fear that O'Day and May would pulverize the waltzing balladry of Rodgers as well as Hart's intricate wordplay. They should have realized that, like the breakneck yet technically perfect performances of bop originators Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, O'Day would miss no subtleties -- and would probably add some of her own -- while she graced these energized versions of American pop classics. Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart begins on a high note, with the absolutely frenetic "Johnny One Note," and finds May unsurprisingly goosing several of Richard Rodgers' wonderful waltzes, including a version of "Lover" that provides the excited American equivalent of Peggy Lee's bustling, exotic hit version of the same song. Despite her technical gifts, Anita O'Day still sings a ballad very sweetly, as on "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," although she predictably can't help scatting out the song. She also delivers just the perfect amount of man-killer tartness on the obscure serial-killer tale "To Keep My Love Alive."
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:28:47
- Main artists: Anita O'Day
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2004 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1960 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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