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Waiter, Make Mine Blues is a vocal jazz album by Anita O'Day released in April 1961 on Verve Records. This was the tenth record that Anita O'Day made for Norman Granz 's Verve records. It was recorded in 1960 on August 1, October 4 and October 7 in Los Angeles, California. [ 1][ 2] Arranged by Russ Garcia, the record has been described as ...
Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 [1] – November 23, 2006), [2] known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any ...
Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May. (1959) Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart. (1960) Waiter, Make Mine Blues. (1961) Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart is a 1960 studio album by American jazz singer Anita O'Day, arranged by Billy May. O'Day and May had previously recorded an album dedicated to a single ...
Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day: 1957: The Lady Is a Tramp: 1957: Anita Sings the Most: 1958: Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's (live) 1958: Anita Sings the Winners: 1959: Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May: 1959: Cool Heat: 1960: Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart: 1960: Waiter, Make Mine Blues: 1961: Trav'lin' Light ...
Richard S. Ginell reviewed the reissue of the album for Allmusic and wrote that on the album O'Day was "served with a collection of brilliant, difficult big-band charts, courtesy of a 27-year-old emerging master named Gary McFarland who mixed instrumental voices and tempo changes in querulous, turbulent combinations" and highlighted "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" as being "enlivened with ...
Allmusic. [2] Trav'lin' Light is an album by Anita O'Day released on Norman Granz 's Verve record label in 1961. It was a tribute to her idol Billie Holiday. It was recorded January 18 and 19, 1961, in Los Angeles, California. The music was arranged by Johnny Mandel and Russ Garcia and features Ben Webster and Mel Lewis among the personnel.
Anita Sings the Most was released by Verve Records. [2] Jazz: The Rough Guide identified the album as one that shows O'Day's "rhythmic invention and accuracy". [3] The AllMusic reviewer wrote: "The very brief playing time (just 33 minutes) is unfortunate on this set, but the high quality definitely makes up for the lack of quantity.
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "Caught live with just her piano trio at Chicago's famous now-defunct nightclub, Anita O'Day is in an ebullient mood as she tosses off a series of standards and novelties. Whether this is an accurate snapshot of her live act is open to question; the stage business in ...