Anita O`Day
Anita Sings for Oscar (24730)
Anita Sings for Oscar
Anita O`Day
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2 ALBUMS ON 1 CD
"Anita Sings for Oscar" – also issued as "Anita Sings the Most" (MGV-8259) – is one of the best albums by the singer, and the only one on which she was backed by the great Oscar Peterson on piano. That superb LP is coupled with another complete album: "Anita O’Day Sings the Winners" (Verve MG V-8283/V6-8485) on which she pays tribute to the greatest poll winning jazzmen by singing their most celebrated songs with arrangements by Marty Paich and Russell Garcia.
PERSONNEL:
ANITA O’DAY, vocals
OSCAR PETERSON, piano
HERB ELLIS, guitar
RAY BROWN, bass
JOHN POOLE, drums
Chicago, January 31, 1957.
(*) Bonus album (12-23): ANITA 0'DAY SINGS THE WINNERS
ANITA O’DAY (vc), Orchestras conducted and arranged by Marty Paich & Russell Garcia.
Los Angeles, April 2 & 3, 1958.
TRACKS:
01 ‘S WONDERFUL / THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
02 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
03 OLD DEVIL MOON
04 TENDERLY
05 WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN
06 STELLA BY STARLIGHT
07 THEM THERE EYES
08 TAKIN’ A CHANCE ON LOVE
09 I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
10 YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME
11 BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED
12 TAKE THE “A” TRAIN (For Duke Ellington) (*)
13 TENDERLY (For Oscar Peterson) (*)
14 INTERLUDE [A NIGHT IN TUNISIA] (For Dizzy Gillespie) (*)
15 FOUR (For Miles Davis) (*)
16 EARLY AUTUMN (For Stan Getz) (*)
17 FOUR BROTHERS (For Woody Herman) (*)
18 SING, SING, SING (WITH A SWING) (For Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman) (*)
19 MY FUNNY VALENTINE (For Gerry Mulligan) (*)
20 FRENESI (For Artie Shaw) (*)
21 BODY AND SOUL (For Coleman Hawkins) (*)
22 WHAT’S YOUR STORY, MORNING GLORY (For Jimmie Lunceford) (*)
23 THE PEANUT VENDOR [EL MANISERO] (For Stan Kenton) (*)
TOTAL TIME: 72:14 Min.
