Anita O'Day: Trav'Lin' Light/All The Sad Yo

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  1. 1 Trav'lin' Light
  2. 2 The Moon Looks Down and Laughs
  3. 3 Don't Explain
  4. 4 Remember
  5. 5 Some Other Spring
  6. 6 What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  7. 7 Miss Brown to You
  8. 8 God Bless the Child
  9. 9 If the Moon Turns Green
  10. 10 I Hear Music
  11. 11 Lover Come Back to Me
  12. 12 Crazy He Calls Me
  13. 13 Boogie Blues
  14. 14 You Came a Long Way from St. Louis
  15. 15 I Want to Sing a Song
  16. 16 A Woman Alone with the Blues
  17. 17 The Ballad of All the Sad Young Men
  18. 18 Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
  19. 19 One More Mile
  20. 20 Night Bird
  21. 21 Up State
  22. 22 Señor Blues

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The late, great Anita O’Day was perhaps the finest of the comparative handful of jazz singers good enough to emerge enhanced from the over-riding influence of Billie Holiday. So, when she made “Trav’lin’ Light” as a tribute to her inspiration, it was doubly appropriate that it was one of O’Day’s most successful albums. The overall mood is one of restraint. On these sides O’Day is at her relaxed, unself-conscious best, sure and swinging, with a deftness and grace that few vocalists could match.

At least half of the credit for this goes to arranger-conductor Johnny Mandel, whose charts for the larger ensemble are conceived with taste and intelligence. On “All the Sad Young Men,” she again demonstrates her ability to reshape songs through individual interpretation, in a take-it-or-leave-it style that left no doubt about the strength of her personality. Although it features such well-worn standards as St. Louis and Do Nothing, the highlights are new songs by young composers.

The man responsible for the striking arrangements was the late Gary McFarland, one of the brightest young composer-arrangers to emerge from the ‘60s scene. Anita O’Day’s years of experience taught her just about every trick in the vocalist’s book, and more besides. She was a tough customer and a rough diamond, and though she mellowed and matured as the years passed, she remained unmistakably a diamond among jazz singers.

Featuring: Anita O'Day (vcl), with Johnny Mandel & Gary McFarland Orchestras, including Jack Sheldon, Herb Pomeroy (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Ben Webster, Zoot Sims, Phil Woods (sax), Jimmy Rowles, Hank Jones (p), Buddy Clark (b), Mel Lewis (d)

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