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This strange (and strangely compelling) album is the most controversial of all O'Day's Verve Records releases, popular among O'Day's hardcore fans for the showcase that the Three Sounds' near-minimalist accompaniment affords her singing. On a lot of levels, however, it wasn't a successful record. The album was a one-shot collaboration that happened in the narrowest possible window of opportunity. The Three Sounds, having left Blue Note, were passing through the Verve roster, where they would be active for about a week in October of 1962, cutting two albums in that time including this one with Anita O'Day, who was leaving the label after ten years there. Anita O'Day and the Three Sounds is as much a Three Sounds record as it is an Anita O'Day recording; the group is represented by four instrumentals -- including "Someday My Prince Will Come," "My Heart Stood Still," and "Blues by Five" -- cut at the same time as their album Blue Genes, while O'Day sings five songs. She is amazingly restrained and low key throughout most of her work here -- on songs like the sultry "All Too Soon," which works out fine -- but elsewhere the fit between singer and group seems uncomfortable. There's very little excitement or tension to give her songs energy, and O'Day never interacts with the trio in any discernible way. Additionally, she seems uninspired in terms of any inventiveness, with long stretches of silence where one would have expected her to improvise. What is here is fine, her husky yet playful voice a wonder to hear on "When the World Was Young" (where Gene Harris' piano does come to life), but there's amazingly little life to the proceedings. The one exception is "Whisper Not," which also has the distinction of featuring O'Day's Gene Krupa-era collaborator, Roy Eldridge, on trumpet.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Gérard Philipe, ComposerLyricist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Angele Marie Therese Vannier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Morey, Author - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Churchill, Composer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Carl Sigman, Author - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kurt Weill, Author - George Gershwin, Composer - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Orville Burrell, ComposerLyricist - Robert Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Dukes, ComposerLyricist - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Robert Livingstone, ComposerLyricist - Brian Thompson, Author - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of 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.
Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Budd Johnson, ComposerLyricist - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bart Howard, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Howard Dietz, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Schwartz, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - REDD EVANS, ComposerLyricist - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anita O'day, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Bostic, ComposerLyricist - Roy Eldridge, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Orville Burrell, ComposerLyricist - Robert Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Dukes, ComposerLyricist - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Robert Livingstone, ComposerLyricist - Brian Thompson, Author - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andrew Simpkins, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Budd Johnson, ComposerLyricist - The Three Sounds, MainArtist - Bill Dowdy, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This strange (and strangely compelling) album is the most controversial of all O'Day's Verve Records releases, popular among O'Day's hardcore fans for the showcase that the Three Sounds' near-minimalist accompaniment affords her singing. On a lot of levels, however, it wasn't a successful record. The album was a one-shot collaboration that happened in the narrowest possible window of opportunity. The Three Sounds, having left Blue Note, were passing through the Verve roster, where they would be active for about a week in October of 1962, cutting two albums in that time including this one with Anita O'Day, who was leaving the label after ten years there. Anita O'Day and the Three Sounds is as much a Three Sounds record as it is an Anita O'Day recording; the group is represented by four instrumentals -- including "Someday My Prince Will Come," "My Heart Stood Still," and "Blues by Five" -- cut at the same time as their album Blue Genes, while O'Day sings five songs. She is amazingly restrained and low key throughout most of her work here -- on songs like the sultry "All Too Soon," which works out fine -- but elsewhere the fit between singer and group seems uncomfortable. There's very little excitement or tension to give her songs energy, and O'Day never interacts with the trio in any discernible way. Additionally, she seems uninspired in terms of any inventiveness, with long stretches of silence where one would have expected her to improvise. What is here is fine, her husky yet playful voice a wonder to hear on "When the World Was Young" (where Gene Harris' piano does come to life), but there's amazingly little life to the proceedings. The one exception is "Whisper Not," which also has the distinction of featuring O'Day's Gene Krupa-era collaborator, Roy Eldridge, on trumpet.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:20
- Main artists: Anita O'Day The Three Sounds
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2004 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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