Anita O'Day – Complete 1952 Verve Sessions

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Label:	The Jazz Factory – JFCD22850
Format:	CD, Compilation, 24bit Edition
Country:	Spain
Released:	2002
Genre:	Jazz
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Tracklist

1	Lover Come Back To Me	2:27
2	Lullaby Of The Leaves	3:09
3	Rock And Roll Blues	3:17
4	Love For Sale	3:38
5	No Soap, No Hope Blues	2:33
6	Speak Low	2:35
7	The Lady Is A Tramp	2:39
8	Strawberry Moon	3:08
9	Pagan Love Song	2:40
10	Ain't This A Wonderful Day	2:40
11	Somebody's Cryin'	3:00
12	Vaya Con Dios	3:39
	Bonus Tracks accompanied by the Nat "King" Cole Trio
13	Ain't Misbehavin'	2:24
14	Penthouse Serenade	3:06
15	Lonesome Road	1:45
16	I Can't Give You Anything But Love	2:45
17	Rosetta	2:10

Credits

Arranged By – Larry Russell (tracks: 9 to 12)
Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: 1 to 4)
Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: 1 to 4), Johnny Frigo* (tracks: 5 to 8), Johnny Miller (2) (tracks: 13 to 17)
Bongos – Jim Wilson (15) (tracks: 5 to 8)
Cornet – Andy Secrest (tracks: 9 to 12)
Drums – Don Lamond (tracks: 1 to 4), Robert "Red" Lionberg* (tracks: 5 to 8)
Ensemble – Larry Russell's Orchestra (tracks: 9 to 12), Roy Kral Quintet* (tracks: 5 to 8), The Nat King Cole Trio (tracks: 13 to 17)
Guitar – Earl Backus (tracks: 5 to 8), Oscar Moore (tracks: 13 to 17)
Liner Notes – Antonio Padilla
Piano – Nat King Cole (tracks: 13 to 17)
Piano, Arranged By – Ralph Burns (tracks: 1 TO 4), Roy Kral (tracks: 5 to 8)
Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson (tracks: 1 to 4)
Trombone – Bill Harris (tracks: 1 to 4)
Trumpet – Roy Eldridge (tracks: 1 to 4)
Vocals – Anita O'Day (tracks: 1 to 17)

Notes

This Definitive edition gathers all of the recordings cut by Anita O'Day for Norman Granz's Verve label in 1952. Four sessions are included, ranging from a New York January session featuring extraordinaire Roy Eldridge to a Capitol transcription registered alongside the Nat Cole Trio in Los Angeles, a Chicago date waxed another West Cost affair where Anita's voice is paired against the Larry Russell orchestra. The variety in formats showcases the vocalist's incomparable versatility at a peak moment in her career.

Tracks 1-4 with Roy Eldridge (tp), Bill Harris (tb), Budd Johnson (ts), Cecil Payne (bari), Ralph Burns (p, are), Al McKibbon (b), Don Lamond (d), New York City, January 22, 1952

Tracks 5-8 with Roy Kraal Quintet, Chicago, July 1952

Tracks 9-12 with Larry Russell's Orchestra, Los Angeles, December 1952

Tracks 13-17 with Nat King Cole Trio, Capitol NKC transcriptions, Los Angeles, February 1945

Tracks 1 to 12 First released in 1955 on Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day Sings Jazz