Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's

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Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's
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Live album by
Anita O'Day
Released1958
RecordedApril 27, 1958
Genre Vocal jazz
Length43:04
Label Verve
Anita O'Day chronology
The Lady is a Tramp
(1957)		Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's
(1958)		 Cool Heat
(1959)

Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's is a 1958 live album by Anita O'Day, recorded at Mister Kelly's in Chicago. [1]

Contents

Reception

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 between numbers seems rather formal and one doesn't really feel the excitement of a live performance. Yet O'Day is clearly in a creative mood, whether allowing her vulnerability to show in the torchy ballads or reveling in the boppish up-tempo workouts. Her vocal on "Tea for Two" is a virtuoso deconstruction, full of satiric quotes and rhythmic shifts at a warp-speed tempo. Fleet-fingered Joe Masters decorates the fills with standard bop runs on the slightly-out-of-tune house piano.". [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

  1. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:09
  2. "I Have a Reason for Living" (Joe Albany, Aileen Albany) – 4:52
  3. "Varsity Drag" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 1:51
  4. "My Love for You" (Edward Heyman, Harry Jacobson) – 3:06
  5. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:58
  6. "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 2:17
  7. "Every Time I'm with You" – 2:08
  8. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:37
  9. "The Wildest Gal in Town" – 3:05
  10. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 3:04
  11. "Loneliness Is a Well" (Joe Albany, Aileen Albany) – 3:17
  12. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 Ginell, R. Allmusic Review accessed March 12, 2011
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 154. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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