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Waiter, Make Mine Blues

Waiter, Make Mine Blues
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Studio album by Anita O'Day
Released 1961
Recorded August 1, October 4, 7, Los Angeles
Genre Vocal jazz
Length 37:30
Label Verve
Anita O'Day chronology
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Allmusic 4/5 stars

Waiter, Make Mine Blues is a vocal jazz album by Anita O'Day released in April 1961 on Verve Records. This was the tenth record that Anita O'Day made for Norman Granz's Verve records. It was recorded in 1960 on August 1, October 4 and October 7 in Los Angeles, California. Arranged by Russ Garcia, the record has been described as "forties swing based", with a contrasting "boppish alto solo" by saxophonist Bud Shank on "Whatever Happened to You?"

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album four stars and said that "West Coast greats including Barney Kessel and Bud Shank are...on hand to lend the session an even lighter, sweeter tone that couches the melancholy the album's title portends songs like "The Thrill Is Gone" and "When Sunny Gets Blue" capture O'Day at her most affecting, balancing her trademark sophistication with the world-weary resignation of one who has loved and lost"


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