At Vine St. Live
43 min · 10 tracks · jazz
Anita O'Day's dynamic vocals intertwine with lush jazz arrangements, creating an intimate yet vibrant live experience.
Top tracks — play these first
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You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To Start here — This track features O'Day's playful phrasing and impeccable timing, setting a warm tone for the album while highlighting her unique interpretative style.
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Is You Is or Is You Ain’t — O'Day's energetic delivery and clever vocal inflections bring a fresh perspective to this classic, showcasing her ability to blend humor with musicality.
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It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing — This performance encapsulates the essence of swing music, with O'Day’s vibrant voice riding atop a lively rhythm section that exemplifies her adaptability within jazz genres.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Anita O'Day's vocal improvisation and interaction with the band create a vibrant live jazz experience.
What we noticed
- Each track showcases a different arrangement, allowing for varied instrumentation and dynamic shifts throughout the performance.
- O'Day frequently interacts with the band, responding to their cues and creating a conversational feel in her delivery.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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8/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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5/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- steady melodic journey throughout
- vibrant vocals with lush arrangements
- for evening gatherings
- engaging live performance energy
Maybe skip if you
- prefer fast-paced listening experiences
- dislike cohesive album structures
Where this album fits
- In the catalog
- Breakthrough — Showcases O'Day's vocal prowess post-Newport, elevating her recognition in jazz.
- Career context
- Released in 1962, At Vine St. Live captures the peak of Anita O'Day's career following her successful stint at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956. This album showcases her distinctive vocal style and improvisational skills, solidifying her status as a leading figure in jazz during the early 1960s.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Ella Fitzgerald· Sarah Vaughan· Billie Holiday
Tracklist
- 1 You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To Start here 5:43
- 2 Old Devil Moon 4:24
- 3 Is You Is or Is You Ain’t 4:23
- 4 A Song for You 3:06
- 5 You Can Depend on Me 3:48
- 6 Street of Dreams 6:05
- 7 You Turned the Tables on Me 4:10
- 8 Yesterday/Yesterdays 3:49
- 9 S’Posin’ 4:00
- 10 It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing 3:53
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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