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Swing Rodgers And Hart (Import) (CD)

By: Anita O'Day & Billy May

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DISC 1 for Swing Rodgers And Hart (Import) (CD) Album By Anita O'Day & Billy May
1   Johnny One Note  
2   Little Girl Blue  
3   Falling In Love With Love  
4   Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered  
5   I Could Write A Book  
6   Have You Met Miss Jones  
7   Lover  
8   It Never Entered My Mind  
9   Ten Cents A Dance  
10   I've Got Five Dollars  
11   To Keep My Love Alive  
12   Spring Is Here  
 

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Personnel include: Anita O'Day (vocals); Al Hendrickson (guitar); Ted Nash, WIlbur Schwartz (alto saxophone); Justin Gordon, Fred Fallensby (tenor saxophone); Chuck Gentry (baritone saxophone); Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Uan Ransey (trumpet); Murray McEachern, Ed Kusby, Tommy Pederson, Bill Schaeffer, Tommy Shepard (trombone); Joe Castro (piano); Ralph Pena (double bass); Stan Levey, Irv Cottler (drums).
Liner Note Author: James Gavin.
Recording information: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California (06/1960).
Arranger: Billy May.
This 1960 collaboration between vocalist Anita O'Day and arranger Billy May features the beloved repertoire of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart. May's sensitive orchestral arrangements bring out O'Day's resplendent voice, and the big band on this date performs these standard tunes with great energy and precision.
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" is one of the most endearing Rodgers & Hart compositions. Backed by a string orchestra, dreamy harp glissandos, and pianist Joe Castro's jazzy riffs, O'Day illuminates this lyric of moonstruck love with great joie de vivre. The arrangement begins rather delicately, then grows until it overflows with colorful orchestral textures. "Have You Met Miss Jones" is more overtly jazzy, and this swinging track sees O'Day paired up with the full big band. Here O'Day scats beautifully over the chord changes, while the reeds offer tantalizing call and response. Additionally, the group falls into a lilting waltz, creating wonderfully unexpected rhythmical variety. For fans of Rodgers & Hart and O'Day, this album is not to be missed.

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This 1960 collaboration between vocalist Anita O'Day and arranger Billy May features the beloved repertoire of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart. May's sensitive orchestral arrangements bring out O'Day's resplendent voice, and the big band on this date performs these standard tunes with great energy and precision.
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" is one of the most endearing Rodgers & Hart compositions. Backed by a string orchestra, dreamy harp glissandos, and pianist Joe Castro's jazzy riffs, O'Day illuminates this lyric of moonstruck love with great joie de vivre. The arrangement begins rather delicately, then grows until it overflows with colourful orchestral textures. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" is more overtly jazzy, and this swinging track sees O'Day paired up with the full big band. Here O'Day scats beautifully over the chord changes, while the reeds offer tantalising call and response. Additionally, the group falls into a lilting waltz, creating wonderfully unexpected rhythmical variety. For fans of Rodgers & Hart and O'Day, this album is not to be missed.

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