Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader - Time For 2 (1962) [1999 Verve By Request] CD-Rip

In another experiment, producer Creed Taylor teams O'Day with the alternately Latin and bop-grounded quartet of vibraphonist Cal Tjader -- and he gets some amazing performances from this team. O'Day sounds as if she is delighted with Tjader's polished Afro-Cuban grooves, gliding easily over the rhythms, toying with the tunes, transforming even a tune so locked into its trite time as "Mr. Sandman" into a stimulating excursion. Indeed, O'Day's freewheeling phrasing becomes downright sexy on "That's Your Red Wagon" and Dave Frishberg's delicious parody of a spoiled honeybunch, "Peel Me a Grape." Also, thanks to Taylor's obsession with good engineering and tasteful applications of reverb, O'Day's voice sounds much fuller and more attractive in his productions than on her Norman Granz-produced albums.

Tracks:

01. Thanks For The Memory (2:49)
02. It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream (3:03)
03. Just In Time (2:50)
04. Under A Blanket Of Blue (2:25)
05. That's Your Red Wagon (2:52)
06. Peel Me A Grape (3:05)
07. An Occasional Man (2:30)
08. The Party's Over (2:23)
09. I Believe In You (2:27)
10. Mr. Sandman (1:58)
11. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (3:27)
12. I'm Not Supposed To Be Blue Blues (2:34)

Personnel:

Anita O'Day - vocals
Cal Tjader, Johnnie Rae - vibraphone, drums
Freddy Schreiber - bass
Bob Corwin or Lonnie Hewitt - piano