Time for Two Anita O'Day

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  • Release Date: 06/22/1999
  • Original Release: 1962
  • Sales Rank: 25,931
  • Label: POLYGRAM RECORDS
  • UPC: 731455980820
 
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In another experiment, producer Creed Taylor teams O'Day with the alternately Latin and bop-grounded quartet of vibraphonist Cal Tjader -- and he gets some amazing performances from this team. O'Day sounds as if she is delighted with Tjader's polished Afro-Cuban grooves, gliding easily over the rhythms, toying with the tunes, transforming even a tune so locked into its trite time as "Mr. Sandman" into a stimulating excursion. Indeed, O'Day's freewheeling phrasing becomes downright sexy on "That's Your Red Wagon" and Dave Frishberg's delicious parody of a spoiled honeybunch, "Peel Me a Grape." Also, thanks to Taylor's obsession with good engineering and tasteful applications of reverb, O'Day's voice sounds much fuller and more attractive in his productions than on her Norman Granz-produced albums. Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

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February 12, 2004: I've very nearly worn out my copy of this wonderful CD. Anita O'Day was likely at the peak of her creative powers and Cal TJader's accompaniment makes the sum better than the parts. Indeed, the Latin orientation makes the music more sophisticated than any of her other Verve efforts. Her 'Peel Me A Grape' (pitifully recorded by Diana Krall) and 'An Occasional Man' are landmarks. A classic, and not to be missed.