All the Sad Young Men Anita O'Day
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- Release Date: 10/20/1998
- Original Release: 1961
- Sales Rank: 71,735
- Label: POLYGRAM RECORDS
- UPC: 731451706523
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All the Sad Young Men
| 1 | Boogie Blues 3:44 |
| 2 | You Came a Long Way from St. Louis 4:12 |
| 3 | I Want to Sing a Song 2:42 |
| 4 | A Woman Alone with the Blues 3:18 |
| 5 | The Ballad of the Sad Young Men 4:23 |
| 6 | Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 4:08 |
| 7 | One More Mile 2:39 |
| 8 | Night Bird 3:56 |
| 9 | Up State 2:30 |
| 10 | Señor Blues 2:45 |
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Editorial Reviews
When Creed Taylor took over the production reins from Norman Granz when the latter sold Verve to MGM, he continued to place Anita O'Day in imaginative settings that challenged her creativity. On this LP, she was served with a collection of brilliant, difficult big-band charts, courtesy of a 27-year-old emerging master named Gary McFarland who mixed instrumental voices and tempo changes in querulous, turbulent combinations. Even a truly odd pick like "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" is enlivened with sprouting shafts of outlaw muted brass and reeds. Another highlight is the contemporary update of O'Day's old flag-waver with the Krupa band, "Boogie Blues," complete with one of her patented flip upturned glissandos at the end. This album must have been a traumatic experience for O'Day, for as she tells the story, the tapes of McFarland's arrangements arrived by mail from New York and she had to overdub her vocals in an empty studio in Los Angeles. Yet it is a tribute to O'Day's abilities that she makes it all sound easy, exhibiting a freedom in phrasing and improvising that is extraordinary even for her. Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide
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