''No More in Life'' is the second album by jazz vocalist
Mildred Anderson
Mildred Anderson was an American jazz, blues and R&B singer.
In the early years of her career, Anderson worked with Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings, recording with them the song "Doin' the Boogie Woogie" on April 8, 1946. Later, she worked an ...
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Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
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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 ''
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'' 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
# "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me" – 5:33
# "I Ain't Mad at You" (
Count Basie
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, Milton Ebbins,
Freddie Green
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) – 3:02
# "Hard Times" (
Esmond Edwards
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) – 4:12
# "No More in Life" – 2:42
# "
Roll 'Em Pete
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) – 3:16
# "What More Can a Woman Do" (
Dave Barbour
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,
Peggy Lee
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) – 2:41
# "
That Ole Devil Called Love
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# "Mistreater" – 6:01
# "
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" (
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) – 4:36
Personnel
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Mildred Anderson
Mildred Anderson was an American jazz, blues and R&B singer.
In the early years of her career, Anderson worked with Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings, recording with them the song "Doin' the Boogie Woogie" on April 8, 1946. Later, she worked an ...
– vocals
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Al Sears
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Sears was born in Macomb, Illinois, United States. His first major gig came in 1928 when he rep ...
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tenor saxophone
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Leonard Gaskin
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