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Anita at her best surfaces after 44 years in the vault

Steve Emerine | Tucson, AZ United States | 04/06/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Kayo Stereophonic has has a real knock out with this sound track of a TV concert songstress Anita O'Day performed in Tokyo 44 years ago during the acme of her jazz singing career. With a minimum of comments and a maximum of music, the late legend offers 15 of her best-known tunes from her years with Verve and her own Emily label. Kayo has issued or reissued other O'Day CDs in recent years, and this is the best of the bunch. Anita plus fine tunes, sound quality and musicianship from two Japanese groups add up to a real bargain. Agent Robbie Cavolina and producer Takao Ishizuka have outdone themselves in adding this to the Kayo inventory."

Anita O'Day at her very best in Tokyo

Freeman Gunter | New York City | 04/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Anyone wishing to understand the fully greatness of that most swinging and original of jazz singers need look no further than this sizzling release. Never before on CD, this is an unedited, live concert featuring O'Day fronting a top-notch Japanese band playing her famous arrangements. It's all here: her sensual sound, her hip, flip attitude, her incomparable use of musical time, her unparalleled improvisational gifts, an entire arsenal of talents focused on the task at hand. If you already know and love O'Day, grab this one with confidence. If not, what a voyage of discovery this disc will provide. Freeman Gunter"

This is quintessential live performance CD of Anita -

Simon Smith | Los Angeles, CA USA | 10/05/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This audio of the great concert in Japan is absolutely unbelievable. She is a the peak of prime and wowweee!

Breath taking performances....I was simply blown away and cannot stop listening to it!"