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One of the best pairings of an artist with a label since Frank Sinatra swung into the Capitol offices, Anita O'Day's time under the Verve umbrella (also including Clef and Norgran) resulted in some of the best pop music of her era. O'Day's entry in 2003's The Diva Series is one of the better single-disc wrap-ups of her time on Verve, though the scarcity of hits while she was there and the near-uniform excellence of her '50s LPs still preclude anyone from recommending a compilation to any but newcomers. Still, this one is much longer than Verve's previous attempts; it also balances songs from her rarer early-'60s dates with her '50s prime, and ably compiles some of her best-known material ("What Is This Thing Called Love," "Honeysuckle Rose," "Tea for Two") as well as a few of her hardest-swingers ("Love Me or Leave Me," "I Get a Kick out of You," "Let's Face the Music and Dance"). Much better than Compact Jazz, but nowhere near as revelatory as her late-'50s classics Anita Sings the Most or Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May.
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Skeets Herfurt, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Schwartz, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Cipriano, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Tedesco, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Si Zentner, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Kusby, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Uan Rasey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Wells, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Beach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Noel, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Gentry, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - George Morrow, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Al Pellegrini, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Remo Biondi, ComposerLyricist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Garcia, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bessie Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Billy May & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Youmans, Composer - Irving Caesar, Author - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, Author - Fats Waller, Composer - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Donaldson, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Kahn, Author - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Producer, MainArtist - John Poole, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The Oscar Peterson Quartet, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Don George, ComposerLyricist - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Rainger, ComposerLyricist - Richard A. Whiting, ComposerLyricist - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Skeets Herfurt, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Schwartz, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Cipriano, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Tedesco, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Si Zentner, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Kusby, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Uan Rasey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Conrad Gozzo, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Wells, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Beach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Noel, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Gentry, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - George Morrow, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Al Pellegrini, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pete Candoli, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Joe Mondragon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jimmy Giuffre, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Bunker, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BOB Cooper, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Linn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Bregman, Producer - Norman Granz, Producer - George Auld, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Tjader, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Frishberg, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Rae, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Hewitt, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Freddy Schreiber, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl K. Brent, ComposerLyricist - Russell Garcia, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Russell, ComposerLyricist - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benny Golson, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Feather, ComposerLyricist - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Doc Severinsen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Glow, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Brookmeyer, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Horace Silver, ComposerLyricist - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Zoot Sims, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Woods, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Galbraith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Dennis, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Pomeroy, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - José Enrique Fernández Cordero, ComposerLyricist - Greg Landau, ComposerLyricist - The Gary McFarland Orchestra, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MARTY PAICH, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Kessel, Producer - Bill Perkins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Chaiken, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Shroyer, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Prima, ComposerLyricist - Richie Kamuca, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack DuLong, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Garcia and His Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Amlotte, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Larsen, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Red Kelly, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Noto, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Katzman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Gilbert, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Jolson, Author - Vincent Rose, Composer - Buddy DeSylva, Author - Anita O'day, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
One of the best pairings of an artist with a label since Frank Sinatra swung into the Capitol offices, Anita O'Day's time under the Verve umbrella (also including Clef and Norgran) resulted in some of the best pop music of her era. O'Day's entry in 2003's The Diva Series is one of the better single-disc wrap-ups of her time on Verve, though the scarcity of hits while she was there and the near-uniform excellence of her '50s LPs still preclude anyone from recommending a compilation to any but newcomers. Still, this one is much longer than Verve's previous attempts; it also balances songs from her rarer early-'60s dates with her '50s prime, and ably compiles some of her best-known material ("What Is This Thing Called Love," "Honeysuckle Rose," "Tea for Two") as well as a few of her hardest-swingers ("Love Me or Leave Me," "I Get a Kick out of You," "Let's Face the Music and Dance"). Much better than Compact Jazz, but nowhere near as revelatory as her late-'50s classics Anita Sings the Most or Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:04
- Main artists: Anita O'Day
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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