This is Anita | ||||
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Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | December 6–8, 1955 in Hollywood | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 37:43 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz, Anita O'Day | |||
Anita O'Day chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
This is Anita is a reissue of Anita, a 1956 album by Anita O'Day that was re-released in 1962. [2]
It was arranged and conducted by Buddy Bregman and was the first in a series of albums recorded by O'Day for Verve. Norman Granz was the producer on this album, and it was the first album to be released under his new label, thus paving the way for the future recordings from Verve, and this album was O'Day's first stint from the big band recordings of the 1940s and early 1950s.
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