Live in Tokyo '63 [LIVE]

Anita O'Day

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2007)
• Original Release Date: March 6, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Kayo Stereophonics
• ASIN: B000MMLPF0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #107,422 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This astounding soundtrack to the 1963 live televised concert from Japan is destined to become the quintessential Anita O'Day concert. Anita is backed by a full orchestra. This particular concert has never been released, until now. It is a classic performance capturing Anita at the pinnacle of her Verve period. Bob Corwin on piano with Toshiyuki Miyama and The All-Star Orchestra and Takeshi Inomata and His West Liners. Arranged by Buddy Bregman.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anita at her best surfaces after 44 years in the vault, April 6, 2007

By	Steve Emerine (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anita O'Day at her very best in Tokyo, April 10, 2007

By	Freeman Gunter (New York City) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is quintessential live performance CD of Anita -, October 4, 2007

By	Simon Smith (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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!