This 1981 release features Anita O’Day revisiting standards with a mature and intimate cool jazz sensibility. It captures her distinctive phrasing in a later-career context.
- The album was recorded in Los Angeles and released on the Kayo Stereophonic label. It features O’Day performing a selection of jazz standards. The release date was May 25, 1981.
- The album was released during a period when O’Day was actively performing and touring. She had already achieved significant acclaim for her work in the preceding decades.
- This album showcases O'Day's enduring vocal artistry and her commitment to the jazz repertoire, even as the musical landscape evolved.
Anita O’Day was an American jazz singer who rose to prominence in the 1940s, known for her innovative vocal phrasing and big band arrangements. By 1981, she was a seasoned performer continuing to explore the cool jazz tradition she helped define.
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