Search - Anita O'Day :: 1941-42 Vol 2

An excellent documentaion of a legendary jazz vocalist...

Aaron | Aaron | 04/23/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is Volume Two in masters of jazz Anita O'Day chronological order series. Featuring all of Anita's performances with Gene Krupa and of course Roy Eldridge. Good sound quality, alternate takes, and rare radio transcriptions are just a few of the highlights, get volume one 1941 also. This is the most complete set of Anita's recordings with Krupa's band, when she even then was a marvelous jazz vocalists, scatting and swinging, and even improvising. Wonderful and essental jazz. Also get her Verve re-issues, and go see Anita live at the Atlas Club in Hollywood on Wishire and Western, she's better then ever and she still knows how to excite an audience..."

Better than the originals!

Steve Emerine | Tucson, AZ United States | 07/20/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the second in what is now (July '00) a four-volume set of Anita O'Day's recordings from the beginning -- and the good news is that there will be more. On this CD, Anita is with the Gene Krupa Orchestra, expanding the roll of big-band girl singer with some traces of saucy improvisation. You've heard one version of some these songs before --"Stop! The Red Light's On," "Let Me Off Uptown," etc. This CD gives you some alternate versions that are well worth hearing, too. If you're an O'Day fan, you can begin collecting the entire set with this one, then move on. The sound quality is excellent."