Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's

Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's is a 1958 live album by Anita O'Day, recorded at Mister Kelly's in Chicago.[1]

Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's
Live album by
Anita O'Day
Released1958
RecordedApril 27, 1958
GenreVocal jazz
Length43:04
LabelVerve
Anita O'Day chronology
The Lady is a Tramp
(1957)		 Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's
(1958)		 Cool Heat
(1959)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "Caught live with just her piano trio at Chicago's famous now-defunct nightclub, Anita O'Day is in an ebullient mood as she tosses off a series of standards and novelties. Whether this is an accurate snapshot of her live act is open to question; the stage business in between numbers seems rather formal and one doesn't really feel the excitement of a live performance. Yet O'Day is clearly in a creative mood, whether allowing her vulnerability to show in the torchy ballads or reveling in the boppish up-tempo workouts. Her vocal on "Tea for Two" is a virtuoso deconstruction, full of satiric quotes and rhythmic shifts at a warp-speed tempo. Fleet-fingered Joe Masters decorates the fills with standard bop runs on the slightly-out-of-tune house piano.".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing
  1. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:09
  2. "I Have a Reason for Living" (Joe Albany, Aileen Albany) – 4:52
  3. "Varsity Drag" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 1:51
  4. "My Love for You" (Edward Heyman, Harry Jacobson) – 3:06
  5. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:58
  6. "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 2:17
  7. "Every Time I'm with You" – 2:08
  8. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:37
  9. "The Wildest Gal in Town" – 3:05
  10. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 3:04
  11. "Loneliness Is a Well" (Joe Albany, Aileen Albany) – 3:17
  12. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)

Personnel

References
  1. Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's at AllMusic
  2. Ginell, R. Allmusic Review accessed March 12, 2011
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 154. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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