Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart
Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | June 6–8, 1960 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 29:33 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart is a 1960
Reception
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Source | Rating |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music | [3] |
In a review for AllMusic, John Bush wrote: "Broadway fans could understandably fear that O'Day and May would pulverize the waltzing balladry of Rodgers as well as Hart's intricate wordplay. They should have realized that, like the breakneck yet technically perfect performances of bop originators Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, O'Day would miss no subtleties -- and would probably add some of her own -- while she graced these energized versions of American pop classics."[1]
The authors of
Marc Myers, writing for All About Jazz, called the album a "gem," and stated that it "intermingles ferocious band arrangements and tender string charts on some of the American Songbook's most novel tunes. In nearly every case, O'Day's interpretation is bursting with peppery swing and cool seduction... every track on Rodgers and Hart is an stunning knockout."[4]
Track listing
- "Johnny One Note" – 1:54
- "Little Girl Blue" – 3:03
- "Falling in Love With Love" – 1:31
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" – 4:22
- "I Could Write a Book" – 2:13
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" – 1:55
- "Lover" – 2:05
- "It Never Entered My Mind" – 2:26
- "Ten Cents a Dance" – 2:19
- "I've Got Five Dollars" – 1:48
- "To Keep My Love Alive" – 3:14
- "Spring Is Here" – 2:43
All music composed by Richard Rodgers, all lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
Personnel
Performance
- Anita O'Day – vocals
- Jimmy Rowles - piano[5]
- Joe Mondragon - double bass
- drums
- Billy May – arranger, conductor
References
- ^ AllMusic
- ^ ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music. Virgin Books. p. 311.
- ^ Myers, Marc (August 9, 2011). "Anita O'Day Swings Rodgers And Hart". All About Jazz. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ISBN 0313307393.