Compact Jazz - Anita O’Day by Anita O’Day

November 30, 2006 9:56 PM

This amazing lady died the other day, deepening our collective loss of a generation or two of sheer and irreplaceable female vocal talent: Sarah, Ella, Dinah, Betty (Carter), Shirley (Horn). I’ll stop there. It’s too awful to contemplate.
Anita was a soul sister. Doubt it? Listen to this record, a bargain bin special that is one of the densest collections of great recordings you’ll encounter from any Jazz vocalist. The voice ranges from gritty sass to pure milk and honey, and it does so effortlessly, through drink and smoke and heroin.

“Say Joe, Have you been uptown,” she asks Roy Eldridge, who informs her his name ain’t Joe.

Great, great music from an amazing woman.

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