Time for 2
| Time for 2 | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | February 26–28, 1962, RCA Studios, Los Angeles, California[1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 31:37 | |||
| Label | Verve V6-8472[2] | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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| Cal Tjader chronology | ||||
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Time for 2 is a 1962 album by Anita O'Day and Cal Tjader.[3]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| New Record Mirror | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Billboard magazine reviewed the album in their September 1, 1962, issue and wrote that "Tjader kicks in with some strong instrumental choruses and his combo accompanies in high style whether playing straight or Latin time".[6]
Richard S. Ginell reviewed the reissue of the album for AllMusic and wrote that "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.'" Ginell also praised producer Creed Taylor's "...obsession with good engineering and tasteful applications of reverb", which led to her voice sounding "much fuller and more attractive in his productions than on her Norman Granz-produced albums".[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Thanks for the Memory" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:45
- "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) – 2:59
- "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 2:47
- "Under a Blanket of Blue" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 2:22
- "That's Your Red Wagon" (Gene De Paul, Richard M. Jones, Don Raye) – 2:49
- "Peel Me a Grape" (Dave Frishberg) – 3:03
- "An Occasional Man" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:27
- "The Party's Over" (Comden, Green, Styne) – 2:20
- "I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser) – 2:23
- "Mr. Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 1:55
- "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Loesser) – 3:24
- "I'm Not Supposed to Be Blue Blues" (Bob Russell) – 2:23
Personnel
[edit]- Anita O'Day – vocals
- Cal Tjader – vibraphone
- Bob Corwin, Lonnie Hewitt – piano
- Freddy Schreiber – double bass
- Wilfredo "Changuito" Vicente – congas
- Johnny Rae – drums
- Don Gold – liner notes
- Al Schmitt – engineer
- Creed Taylor – producer
References
[edit]- ^ S. Duncan Reid (23 August 2013). Cal Tjader: The Life and Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz. McFarland. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-7864-3535-7.
- ^ "Anita O'Day and Cal Tjader – Time for 2". discogs.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Time for 2 at AllMusic
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (29 June 1963). "Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader: Time For 2" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 120. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1094. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Jazz LP's: Strong Sales Potential". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 September 1962. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.
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