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Anita O'day
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.5479
Anita O'day Album Rankings
1
Anita O'Day recorded many rewarding albums in the 1950s when her voice was at its strongest, and this collaboration withthe Oscar Peterson Quartet(comprised of pianistPeterson, guitaristHerb Ellis, ba
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2
For this well-rounded CD reissue that adds nine cuts to the original program, Anita O'Day, in her prime period, is mostly heard accompanied byBuddy Bregman & His Orchestra, but there are also a few tr
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3
For this CD, which is greatly expanded from the original LP, Anita O'Day sings standards associated with other musicians, including "Four" (Miles Davis), "Early Autumn" (Stan Getz), "Four Brothers" (W
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4
This CD is a straight reissue of the original LP with singer Anita O'Day heard in prime form.
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5
Most of this CD reissue is taken from sessions in April 1959 on which Anita O'Day interpretsCole Portersongs while accompanied by some rather rambunctious big-band arrangements fromBilly May.
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6
Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart , originally released in 1960 and reissued on CD with beautiful repackaging, marked O'Day's second record with arranger Billy May (their first encounte
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9
If Gene Krupa's band needed a signature tune during Anita O'Day's tenure with the group, it was "Kick It!," track 11 of this collection, which includes her exhortation to "keep the rhythm moving.
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11
It is extremely difficult for a vocalist to hide his or her age while singing.
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14
This is an excellent one-disc roundup of Anita O'Day's output for Clef, Norgan and Verve -- arguably her most important, most experimental period -- and it is especially valuable because Anita and he
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15
At 55 Anita O'Day was having a bit of a renaissance, having kicked drugs and become more active in the 1970s.
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18
Verve's Ultimate series unveils a new concept in the hackneyed concept of greatest-hits collections: instead of compilation producers, these albums feature tracks selected by figures who either worke
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29
Part of the Verve Finest Hour series, this 18-song compilation features highlights from jazz vocalist Anita O'Day.
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50
This '93 session reunites O'Day with a big band for the first time in many years and also with Buddy Bregman, who produced her first Verve recording (the label's debut) in 1956.
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