Anita Sings the Most

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Anita Sings the Most
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedJanuary 31, 1957
Genre Vocal jazz
Length33:59
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz, Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day chronology
Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day
(1956)
Anita Sings the Most
(1957)
Anita Sings the Winners
(1958)
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Anita Sings the Most is a 1957 album by Anita O'Day.

Contents

Recording and music

The album was recorded in Los Angeles on January 31, 1957. [2] In addition to vocalist O'Day, the musicians were pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown, and Milt Holland or John Poole on drums. [2]

Release and reception

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. A gem." [1]

Track listing

  1. "'S Wonderful"/"They Can't Take that Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)/(G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:57
  2. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:20
  3. "Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 2:53
  4. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:33
  5. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 3:37
  6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 2:05
  7. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 2:23
  8. "Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) – 2:37
  9. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:58
  10. "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell) – 3:41
  11. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:55

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 3 "Verve Records Catalog: 8200 Series". jazzdisco. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  3. Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide (1st ed.). Rough Guides. p.  480. ISBN   978-1-85828-137-7.