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Anita O'Day?

I love her singing. Have "Incomparable"(Verve 24/96) "Finest Hour"(Verve compilation)"Live from Tokyo" and "My Ship"(Kayo). I'd like to know where I can find good quality sounding remasters or originals of some of her other records. CD or LP. Anybody else like this singer? Any suggestions of ones to get?
rosedanny
orpheus10
8,668 posts
 
"Anita O' Day Sings the Winners", is my favorite. She is one of the greatest Jazz singers.
jim94025
57 posts
 
The Mosaic collection is amazing but out of print. Occasionally comes up on ebay.
rockadanny
1,226 posts
 
My favs are: "Sings the Most" (with Oscar Peterson Quartet); "Cool Heat"; and "Verve Jazz Masters 49". And "Jazz on a Summer's Day" is a fabulous DVD (except WAY too much Dixieland).
rosedanny OP
80 posts
 
Hey thanks guys! What a wonderful bit of footage, Larryi! She's got style and soul and technique. I've heard of all these records, but have yet to see them at my local record store or any of the online sources. The hunt continues! I've been listening to mostly Anita lately, and she just surprises and delights me!
orpheus10
8,668 posts
 
In my opinion, Anita was the most outstanding performer on that DVD "Jazz on a Summer's Day". I will always recall an interesting contradiction; I have always hated that song she sang, but her style and the way she sang it, knocked my socks off. Sometimes it's the singer and not the song.
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