Anita O'Day - Selected Clef, Norgran & Verve Recordings 1952-56Anita O'Day has long been admired as one of the very best jazz singers of the post war era, with a rhythmic and dynamic style that she could readily deploy in big band, small group and sophisticated orchestral environments. Acrobat has already showcased her work during the early 1940s with the orchestras of Gene Krupa and Stan Kenton ("Anita O'Day The Early Years 1941 45" ADDCD3098), and in this collection we focus on a similar period of years during

The recording of the Piano Concerto is complemented by the Six Piano Pieces

this reissue features Patti LaBelle

As a pianist of rare musical integrity and concentration

and one that that will spur fresh interest in the previous volumes

Tommy Brown and Micky Jones

Eva Longoria

Readily turning his hand

"Tickeration"

It's a collection which offers a rare showcase for a stylish performer who should have had much more success and recognition than he enjoyed over the years

Jimmie Grier

On this album you are able to hear Czech music by composers Krumpholtz and Dussek performed on the single-action harp of their era: the Louis XVI

Rock 'n' Roll was already an amalgam of earlier styles