All the Sad Young Men (album)

All the Sad Young Men is a 1962 album by Anita O'Day, arranged by Gary McFarland and produced by Creed Taylor.

Reception

Richard S. Ginell reviewed the reissue of the album for Allmusic and wrote that on the album O'Day 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" and highlighted "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" as being "enlivened with sprouting shafts of outlaw muted brass and reeds". Ginell wrote that it was "...a tribute to O'Day's abilities that she makes it all sound easy, exhibiting a freedom in phrasing and improvising that is extraordinary even for her".

Track listing

"Boogie Blues" (Remo Biondi, Gene Krupa) – 3:44

"You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) – 4:12

"I Want to Sing a Song" (Margo Guryan, Gary McFarland) – 2:42

"A Woman Alone with the Blues" (Willard Robison) – 3:18

"The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 4:23

"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Russell) – 4:08

"One More Mile" (McFarland, Bobby Paxton) – 2:39

"Night Bird" – 3:56

"Up State" (McFarland) – 2:30

"Señor Blues" (Horace Silver) – 2:45

Personnel

Anita O'Day – vocals

Bernie Glow, Herb Pomeroy, Doc Severinsen – trumpet

Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis – trombone

Phil Woods, Walter Levinsky – clarinet, alto saxophone

Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, woodwind

Hank Jones – piano

Barry Galbraith – guitar

George Duvivier – double bass

Mel Lewis – drums

Gary McFarland – arranger, conductor

Production

Sung Lee – art direction, design

Suzanne White – design coordinator

Richard Seidel – executive producer

Dom Cerulli – liner notes

Kevin Reeves – mastering

Pete Turner – photography

Creed Taylor – producer

Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Tom Greenwood – production assistant

Carlos Kase, Bryan Koniarz, Terri Tierney – production coordination

Ben Young – research, restoration

Jerry Rappaport – supervisor

Deborah Hay – text editor

References

1962 albums

Albums arranged by Gary McFarland

Albums produced by Creed Taylor

Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

Anita O'Day albums

Verve Records albums