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Anita O: Keep the Coffee Coming
by C. Michael Bailey
Keep the Coffee Coming is a collection of eighteen small, medium and big band recordings fronted by Anita O'Day from 1952 to 1955. This is the period just prior to O'Day's climb toward her zenith with Verve records. During this period, O'Day was recording for the Norman Granz pre-Verve labels Clef and Norgram. It is not ...
Anita O'Day: Indestructible!
by Jim Santella
Recorded at several sessions during the last several years, this program of standards comes from the heart. Although Anita O'Day's voice has changed considerably, she still swings comfortably with a relaxed composure and a positive outlook. She interprets each of these golden chestnuts with the same confident spirit that she showed us many years ago during ...
Anita O'Day: Indestructible!
by R. Emmet Sweeney
Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing. Take, for example, Anita O'Day's new album. The 86 year-old, who made her name as the lead vocalist for the Gene Krupa Orchestra, hasn't released an album for thirteen years, and the results on Indestructible! are a clear indication why. Her voice has been ravaged by decades of ...
Anita O'Day: Indestructible!
by Todd S. Jenkins
Anita O'Day Indestructible! Kayo Stereophonic 2006 In 2003 View Video put out a DVD of one of cabaret singer Mabel Mercer's last performances. She was in the twilight of her life, and every minute of her advanced age was reflected in her loving, yet passionless and cursory delivery of songs ...
Anita O'Day: Indestructible!
by C. Michael Bailey
Writer's Note: This is not the original article I submitted for publication. That article lacked a critical compass. I have taken advantage of the Internet and recast my opinions more thoughtfully. I have revised the article to better reflect my active rather than reactive feelings toward Indestructible!. After all, Anita O'Day is a National ...
Time for 2
By Anita O'Day
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: Thanks for the Memory; It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream; Just in Time; Under a Blanket of Blue; That's Your Red Wagon; Peel Me a Grape; An Occasional Man; The Party's Over; I Believe in You; Mr. Sandman; Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year; I'm Not Supposed to Be Blue Blues
Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader: Time for 2
by Jim Nelson
Norman Granz's inspired pairing of Anita O'Day with Cal Tjader pays big dividends on 1962's Time for 2. The singer's megawatt personality perfectly complements the vibraphonist's tweedy, polite style. If Tjader's highly pureed blend of cool bop and Latin jazz impeded O'Day, it does not show. Her saucy phrasings and subtly ironic wit gently layer over ...
There's Only One...
By Anita O'Day
Label: QuickSilver Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. It Don't Mean A Thing
2. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
3. Old Folks
4. What Is This Thing Called Love
5. Ace in the Hole
6. I Cover The Waterfront
7. Chicago
8. I Cried For You
