Anita O'Day And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine CD - Import

26 track compilation contains songs from 1941-50. Features "Georgia On My Mind," "How High The Moon," "Skylark," "Tea For Two" & others.

Personnel includes: Anita O'Day (vocals); Roy Eldridge (vocals, trumpet); Gene Krupa & His Orchestra; STan Kenton & His Orchestra; Will Bradley & His Orchestra; Nat "KIng" Cole Trio.
Recorded between 1941 & 1950.
Personnel: Danny Perri, Frank Worrell, Al Valente, George Barnes, Ed Yance, Bob Ahern, Oscar Moore, Barney Kessel, Ray Biondi (guitar); Sam Musiker (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Charlie Kennedy (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Boots Mussulli, Paul Ricci, Musky Ruffo, Clint Neagley, Bob Lively, Chet Ball, Eddie Meyers , Hal McKusick, Adrian Tei, Harry Klee, Johnny Bothwell, Toots Mondello, Benny Carter , Al Klink, Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone); Babe Fresk, Emmett Carls, Art Drelinger, Walter Bates, Hank Ross, Henry Terrill, Boomie Richmond, Rolando Boyd, Herbie Steward, Dave Madden, Jimmy Migliore, Don Brassfield, Stan Getz, Art Drellinger, Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone); Bob Gioga, Buddy Wise, Stuart Olson, Morey Beeson, Arthur Baker, Sol Schlinger, Hank Freeman (baritone saxophone); Chris Griffin , Conrad Gozzo, Graham Young, Carl Poole, Tony Russo, James Hanson, Red Solomon, Torg Halten, Doc Severinsen, Don Fagerquist, Jon Carroll , Dale Pierce, Dick Morse, Joe Triscari, Gene Roland, Mel Green, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Vince Hughes, Pinky Savitt, Ray Sims, Norman Murphy, Karl George, Al Beck, Art Depew, Al Killian, Ray Linn, Roy Eldridge, Shorty Sherock, Jimmy Maxwell, Mickey Mangano, Buddy Childers, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Al Philburn, George Faye, Dick Taylor , Pat Virgadamo, Nick Gaglio, Phil Giardina, Freddie Zito, George Arus, John Grassi, Harry Forbes, Leon Cox, Jay Kelliher, Bill Atkinson , Milt Kabak, Babe Wagner, Will Bradley, Bill Harris , Tommy Pederson , Bill Pritchard, Cutty Cutshall, Bart Varsalona (trombone); Joe Springer, Jack Pleis, Bob Kitsis, Milt Raskin, Nat King Cole, Paul Jordan, Arnold Ross, Stan Freeman, Stan Kenton, Teddy Napoleon, Teddy Wilson (piano); Buzzy Drootin, John Bock, Joe Dale, Gene Krupa, Jim Falzone, Frank Rullo, Jesse Price, Jimmy Pratt, Morey Feld, Johnny Blowers (drums).
Audio Remasterers: Tim Debney; Doug Shearer; Martin Haskell.
Liner Note Author: Peter Dempsey.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Ralph Burns; Ben Homer.
Anita O'Day's many and varying recordings during the swing era (pre-1951) get compiled in many different ways by many different budget labels, few of them worth the plastic they're burned onto. ASV/Living Era is quite an exception to the usual rules governing import labels, so it's less of a surprise to find that their Anita O'Day retrospective, And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine, is one of the best available. It's one of the few to include all of her '40s work in several different contexts -- with the bands of Gene Krupa ("Let Me off Uptown") or Stan Kenton ("And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine," "Are You Livin' Old Man?"), as well as in solo format ("Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip"). The only drawbacks here are the obvious lack of her Verve recordings (that afflicts nearly every O'Day compilation ever released) and ASV/Living Era's very slight sound-quality issues. ~ John Bush