Anita O'Day

 

Artist:  Anita O'Day

Birth Name:  Anita Belle Colton

Born:  October 18, 1919.  Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died:  November 23. 2006 (Aged 87).  Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bebop, Swing, Traditional Pop

Occupation:  Singer

Instruments:  Vocals

Anita O'Day was an American Jazz Singer from Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, Illinois, during the Great Depression.  She had worked with Gene Krupa, Max Miller Quartet, Roy Eldridge, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton.  She performed at Jazz Festivals and Jazz-Oriented Concerts, appearing with figures including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk and George Shearing, her successful Vocal Artists of the time by Frank Sinatra Ella Fitzgerald.  She also worked with Billy May, The Oscar Peterson Quartet, Jimmy Gluffre and Cal Tjader.

Title:  An Evening With Anita O'Day (Limited Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bebop, Swing, Traditional Pop

Label:  Supper Club

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Just One Of Those Things (2:42)

 2.  Gypsy In My Soul (2:34)

 3.  The Man I Love (4:15)

 4.  Frankie And Johnny (3:38)

 5.  Anita's Blues (3:28)

 6.  I Cover The Waterfront (3:47)

 7.  Who Cares? (2:16)

 8.  Fly Me To The Moon (3:51)

Side B:

 1.  You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (2:47)

 2.  From This Moment On (3:14)

 3.  You Don't Know What Love Is (2:58)

 4.  Medley:  There'll Never Be Another You/Just Friends (3:13)

 5.  I Didn't Know What Time It Was (3:43)

 6.  Beautiful Love (2:35)

 7.  Don't Be That Way (2:35)

Personnel:

Anita O'Day:  Vocals

Tracks:  A1-4 (Los Angeles, April 15, 1954)

Arnold Ross:  Piano 

Barney Kessel:  Guitar 

Monty Budwdig:  Bass 

Jackie Mills:  Drums 

Tracks:  A5, 6,. B5, 6 (Los Angeles, June 18, 1954)

Bud Lavin:  Piano

Monty Budwig:  Bass

John Poole:  Drums

Tracks:  B1-4 (Los Angeles, August 11, 1955)

Jimmy Rowles:  Piano

Tal Farlow:  Guitar

Leroy Vinnegar:  Bass

Larry Bunker:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:

Tracks:  A7, B7 (Hollywood, December 6, 1955)

Paul Smith:  Piano

Barney Kessel:  Guitar

Joe Mondragon:  Bass

Alvin Stoller:  Drums

Track:  A8 (New York, October 15,1962)

Gene Harris:  Piano

Andy Simpkins:   Bass

Bill Dowdy:  Drums

Track:  B8 (Los Angeles, December 18, 1956)

Larry Bunker:  Vibration

Paul Smith:  Piano

Barney Kessel:  Guitar

Joe Mondragon:  Bass

Alvin Stoller:  Drums

An Evening With Anita O'Day is an album by Anita O'Day, released on July 21, 2023 by Supper Club.  Limited Edition of 750 Copies only, with 4 Bonus Tracks.  180 Gram Vinyl.