No More in Life explained

No More in Life
Type:Studio
Artist:Mildred Anderson
Cover:No More in Life.jpg
Released:1961
Recorded:September 26, 1960
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:Jazz, blues
Length:38:10
Label:Bluesville
BVLP 1017
Producer:Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:Mildred Anderson
Prev Title:Person to Person
Prev Year:1960

No More in Life is the second album by jazz vocalist Mildred Anderson recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Considering how well she sings on this set, it is strange that Mildred Anderson would have no further opportunities to lead her own albums". Chris Smith, in The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings described the album as "uneven", on the title track "her pitch and dynamics are erratic". Of one of the stronger tracks: "Oddly, given that Anderson can have problems even with harmonically straightforward material, "That Old Devil Called Love", an audacious attempt at Billie Holiday's style is quite appealing." Smith says the album is "not as inessential as Person to Person, her earlier Bluesville album.

Track listing

All compositions by Mildred Anderson except where noted

  1. "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me" – 5:33
  2. "I Ain't Mad at You" (Count Basie, Milton Ebbins, Freddie Green) – 3:02
  3. "Hard Times" (Esmond Edwards) – 4:12
  4. "No More in Life" – 2:42
  5. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 3:16
  6. "What More Can a Woman Do" (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee) – 2:41
  7. "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher) – 3:45
  8. "Mistreater" – 6:01
  9. "I'm Lost" (Otis René) – 4:36

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1017 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series
  2. https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography
  3. https://www.wirz.de/music/blville.htm Wirz' Amerinan Music: Prestige Bluesville Discography