In a Mellow Tone (album)

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In a Mellow Tone
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Studio album by
Anita O'Day
Released1989
Recorded1989
Genre Vocal jazz
Length50:57
Label Kayo Stereophonics, DRG (reissue)
Producer Hugh Fordin
Anita O'Day chronology
A Song for You
(1984)		In a Mellow Tone
(1989)		 At Vine St. Live
(1991)
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In a Mellow Tone is a 1989 studio album by Anita O'Day. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 4:20
  2. "On the Trail" (Harold Adamson, Ferde Grofé) – 3:43
  3. "The Man with a Horn" (Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake) – 3:24
  4. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) – 3:48
  5. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 5:04
  6. "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) – 5:48
  7. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) – 2:52
  8. "Anita's Blues" (Anita O'Day) – 3:45
  9. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:00
  10. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:48
  11. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 5:30
  12. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 4:55

Personnel

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