Anita O'Day & The Gary McFarland Orchestra - All The Sad Young Men (1962/2020)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 223 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 83 MB | 00:34:19
Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: Verve Reissues
When Creed Taylor took over the production reins from Norman Granz when the latter sold Verve to MGM, he continued to place Anita O'Day in imaginative settings that challenged her creativity. On this LP, she was served with a collection of brilliant, difficult big-band charts, courtesy of a 27-year-old emerging master named Gary McFarland who mixed instrumental voices and tempo changes in querulous, turbulent combinations. Even a truly odd pick like "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" is enlivened with sprouting shafts of outlaw muted brass and reeds.