Among the Six Legends (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington, Anita O'Day), Anita O'Day sticks out as the lone voice of total, utter control and supreme self-confidence that never falters. When she grabs you, you stay grabbed! She takes you where SHE wants to go, not where YOU want to go. The diction, the phrasing, the range, the colorature, the melismas, it is all three. Anita O'Day is a lecture in Jazz vocalising. It is IMPOSSIBLE to be unhappy with the voice of Anita O'Day.
Anita is an American national treasure. Her rendition of "Sweet Georgia Brown" at Newport will knock the socks right off your feet. Tremendous jazz artist and sang right into her 80's. Very good video Buzz, thanks.
Fifer McGee...Speaking of Newport..In that concert, she follows "Sweet Georgia Brown" with "Tea for Two", and I thought that was incredible, but now I'm hearing this version, and it is completely different, but equally as brilliant...what a genius improviser she was!!
Yes, very well said that Tea for Two at Newport is a true Jazz Classic. By the way I just got around reading “High Times Hard Times” Anita’s autobiography quite some life but above all the talent shines through. Never received the mainstream recognition she justly deserved however, in the pantheon of Jazz interpreters she is up there with the very best.
@@stephenvincent4989 Wish I could get me hands on a copy of this book. Will try harder, like some of the local second hand book stores. She was a real character, just love her.
@@stephenvincent4989 She decided not to go mainstream and commercial. That is why she lived and died a true jazz artist. Like Bird, she remains a household name ... amongst jazz households.
John Poole on drums. Great brush work. He amd Anita had a special relationship and she obviously feels very comfortable with him. Tea for Two not easy at tat tempo. Great version.
Incredible!! SUPERFINE! I know not too much about jazz but this Lady is way beyond great. Her spontaneous creativity is very beautiful and how totally captivating she is! Many fantastic interpretations there are of "A Nightingale Sang In Barkley Square". I love most of them. Anita's is my absolute favourite. Thank you very much for sharing.
She IS the orchestra! Deceptively seeming to have the most fun of any musician on the stage, her vast on-the-spot understanding of every component of music shines through.
I’ve met and had delightful exchanges with innumerable “stars”. None was better than my 4 minute long one on one encounter with Anita O’Day. 4 minutes of pure gold. A true star.
Madonna Gag, Beyonce, and those stripper devil whores are useless absolute 0 nothings.. totally different universe. Anita was real person with a soul, a great singer.
I met her once, down at "The Blue Note" in N.Y. City while visiting my little sister back in the Eighties. She was performing with the Buddy Rich ghost band shortly after his death. She sounded good, did all Krupa stuff and more, band was tight up and down the line. We followed her backstage and told her we were from up North and we loved her because we were weened on her old recordings with Gene Krupa. She thought it great that young people like us were hip to jazz. We don't ask for, nor want autographs, I think she was happy about that too.
I just want to point out that like she does with Honeysuckle Rose, great singers used to choose the key of the song to fit their voice, not try to keep the original key whether it matched them or not. And there's nothing wrong with it. Keys are not sacred. Anita on the other hand is heavenly perfection on Earth. This is my first time seeing her perform, tho I've heard her countless times. Amazing woman! What a pro!
Love this singer! The trio was great too, tho I thot the bass man was a bit "unsure" at first (Anita is such a strong imposing performer) but then she put him at ease! That fabulous drummer really had fun with Anita's zany phrasing, etc. Thank you!
For me she was the greatest jazz singer of them all and I'm amazed that the audience become dumbstruck when asked if they had seen "Jazz on a Summers Day". I assumed everyone who enjoyed jazz had seen that, obviously not. Great musicianship from Anita as ever … A master of her instrument.Terrific !
My favorite vocalists of all time are male: Mike Patton (Faith no More, Mr. Bungle) and female: Anita O'day. While I can admit there are better (singers) out there, Mike and Anita used their voices not for the purpose of being lead singer, necessarily, but as additional musical instruments in the band like nobody else ever does/has. This is respectable and incredible. Really unique, captivating, and amazing.
Anita O'Day could swing -- big swing! I in particular liked her stay with Gene Krupa and trumpeter Roy Eldrige. Just take that famed song -- Let Me Off Uptown, of which the hit she says in an interview she received little royalty or recognition for that hit, that Krupa took all the boons that followed. She swung like Ella did, and accorded clarity unique to her and proved all her own. Nevertheless, she loved what she did as did Krupa. There evidenced just that certain something about musicians and lyricists that spawned during the 1930's and 1940's -- their resumes, off the charts, especially in terms of the brilliance and the people with whom one another played and sang. Music proves never far from the energy frequencies and lifestyles of those musicians who played and sang and wrote the great compositions and songs. Too, 'fascinating how musicians and lyricists generally were Americans of Irish, Jewish, Italian, and west African descent -- typically the selfsame ones who underwent so much strife and struggle. And, mirabile visu, out of theirs came a unique feel and sheer brilliance. Alas, we only see this today in Sports, but in the early to middle 20th Century, all centered on theater and the performing arts -- ay, all the expressions that come by everyday living.
total freedom, way ahead of her times, you had to wait for Nina Simone or Betty Carter to get such level of freedom - Ella was of course amazing, but she was swing not bebop - this is bebop
She's the Charlie Parker of all vocalists, was there a male singer from that era that could turn a song into hers like she did, maybe Mel Torme..? She's basically using her voice as a trumpet or sax...insane.
Even Anita O'Day refered to herself as a stylist rather than a singer. I love her style. I can tell she was originally from Chicago because I live there, and some of my ancestors were from there.👍😁😎
Probablemente muchos querran matarme por decir lo que voy a escribir ahora pero para MI Anita es el Jazz el BiBop es su vos ella como nadie Representa al JAZZZ
Jazz On A Summer's Day brought me here. Better late than never to discover such an amazing singer!!
Among the Six Legends (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington, Anita O'Day), Anita O'Day sticks out as the lone voice of total, utter control and supreme self-confidence that never falters. When she grabs you, you stay grabbed! She takes you where SHE wants to go, not where YOU want to go. The diction, the phrasing, the range, the colorature, the melismas, it is all three. Anita O'Day is a lecture in Jazz vocalising. It is IMPOSSIBLE to be unhappy with the voice of Anita O'Day.
Would add the greatest ballad singer of the 20th century, Shirley Horn to the list.
Anita is my fav female Jazz vocalist
I totally agree with you BEAU BEE and I have a playlist for all six Jazz singers you mentioned where I collect live performances of them.
Anita was great, but I'll take Ella seven days a week and twice on Sunday!
Anita was the best!
Impossibly beautiful - She is just sublime - her voice is like liquid smoke spalling over a wet misty moor. Enjoy my friends
Anita is an American national treasure. Her rendition of "Sweet Georgia Brown" at Newport will knock the socks right off your feet. Tremendous jazz artist and sang right into her 80's. Very good video Buzz, thanks.
Fifer McGee...Speaking of Newport..In that concert, she follows "Sweet Georgia Brown" with "Tea for Two", and I thought that was incredible, but now I'm hearing this version, and it is completely different, but equally as brilliant...what a genius improviser she was!!
Yes, very well said that Tea for Two at Newport is a true Jazz Classic. By the way I just got around reading “High Times Hard Times” Anita’s autobiography quite some life but above all the talent shines through. Never received the mainstream recognition she justly deserved however, in the pantheon of Jazz interpreters she is up there with the very best.
@@stephenvincent4989 Wish I could get me hands on a copy of this book. Will try harder, like some of the local second hand book stores. She was a real character, just love her.
@@stephenvincent4989 She decided not to go mainstream and commercial. That is why she lived and died a true jazz artist. Like Bird, she remains a household name ... amongst jazz households.
July 2024 and this is still the benchmark for Jazz perfection. Anita makes the hottest day “COOL.”
THERE'S IS NOBODY COMPARARABLE TO ANITA O'DAY!! GOT LUCKY AND SAW AND HEARD HER LIVE. A TRUE LEGEND!!!
John Poole on drums. Great brush work. He amd Anita had a special relationship and she obviously feels very comfortable with him. Tea for Two not easy at tat tempo. Great version.
Anita all day long. One of the best jazz singers ever! Thanks for the post!
Always improvising. Never sang it the same way twice. Brilliant sense of swing a timing.
Thanks for posting.
I just love her so much… holy moly… she is a master class in being your absolute self… genius ❤ What a glorious loon…
Just fantastic timing and probably the best example of a jazz singer who sings like a horn player.
Anita and Eddie Jefferson and of course Chet Baker
@@mehermusic2154 Chets timing was incredible.
Mel Torme ...the velvet fog!
BEST female Jazz singer EVER
Anita was in heaven and hell along her life. Strong, funny and what a giant singer. Thanks for sharing this gem.
I have known her by name for years, never before paid attention, but VERY impressed!
15 minutes very well spent. She is incredible. Trio is sublime, too.
Her beautiful wide-set eyes .....the genius within...
Incredible!! SUPERFINE! I know not too much about jazz but this Lady is way beyond great. Her spontaneous creativity is very beautiful and how totally captivating she is! Many fantastic interpretations there are of "A Nightingale Sang In Barkley Square". I love most of them. Anita's is my absolute favourite. Thank you very much for sharing.
Watch how she cues the band, especially on Honeysuckle Rose. She's every bit a musician and leader. Mastery!
She IS the orchestra! Deceptively seeming to have the most fun of any musician on the stage, her vast on-the-spot understanding of every component of music shines through.
I’ve met and had delightful exchanges with innumerable “stars”. None was better than my 4 minute long one on one encounter with Anita O’Day. 4 minutes of pure gold. A true star.
Her voice and style were like smooth velvet..... Madonna nor Gaga could hold a candle to this real styalist ... met Anita 3 times
Madonna Gag, Beyonce, and those stripper devil whores are useless absolute 0 nothings.. totally different universe. Anita was real person with a soul, a great singer.
of course !
I met her once, down at "The Blue Note" in N.Y. City while visiting my little sister back in the Eighties.
She was performing with the Buddy Rich ghost band shortly after his death.
She sounded good, did all Krupa stuff and more, band was tight up and down the line.
We followed her backstage and told her we were from up North and we loved her because we were weened on her old recordings with Gene Krupa.
She thought it great that young people like us were hip to jazz.
We don't ask for, nor want autographs, I think she was happy about that too.
@@michaelcraig9449 Wow, come on now...Beyoncé is incredibly talented and has amazing vocal control and range.
@@TheSuzieReese Please don't joke.
I have always loved this lady!
The phrasing in the 1st song is sublime. She played the drums also.
Wonderful Anita. Incomperable! !!!
15 minutes with Anita 'O Day,,,,,,,,you mean 15 minutes in HEAVEN !!!!!
Woah! Fantastic!!! Anita, wish you were still with us!
Anita O'Day, l'une des meilleures. Respect à cette Grande Dame pour son talent. Magnifique O'Day.
Immensa , we love you madly Anita 🌹☀️✨🙏🏻❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Amazing Anita ! It seems all effortless, like breathing, such a marvellous singer !
I agree
Awe inspiring to watch and hear Anita O’Day.
I just want to point out that like she does with Honeysuckle Rose, great singers used to choose the key of the song to fit their voice, not try to keep the original key whether it matched them or not. And there's nothing wrong with it. Keys are not sacred. Anita on the other hand is heavenly perfection on Earth. This is my first time seeing her perform, tho I've heard her countless times. Amazing woman! What a pro!
The seven fools who gave this a thumbs down should be banned from giving any opinion on anything.
Yes I love it.
The bass player is amazing ❤🧡🧡💜
Love this singer! The trio was great too, tho I thot the bass man was a bit "unsure" at first (Anita is such a strong imposing performer) but then she put him at ease! That fabulous drummer really had fun with Anita's zany phrasing, etc. Thank you!
Plus she's so much fun to watch and hear. I've never seen her before
A time of class. Anita, for me, stood out as the finest Jazz/swing singer. Simply irresistible.
I agree
Great post. Truly one of the very best.
You have to be brave to sing like Anita. She was the bravest jazz singer of them all - male or female.
I love Anita. She improvises with the daring of a horn player.
gazz58 ...So did The First Lady Of Song, The Divine One, Carmen, Dakota, etc.
For me she was the greatest jazz singer of them all and I'm amazed that the audience become dumbstruck when asked if they had seen "Jazz on a Summers Day". I assumed everyone who enjoyed jazz had seen that, obviously not. Great musicianship from Anita as ever … A master of her instrument.Terrific !
To me, The best Female Jazz singer ever.
A unique voice of Jazz says it all.
Thank you posting this. An underappreciated voice of the time.
My favorite vocalists of all time are male: Mike Patton (Faith no More, Mr. Bungle) and female: Anita O'day. While I can admit there are better (singers) out there, Mike and Anita used their voices not for the purpose of being lead singer, necessarily, but as additional musical instruments in the band like nobody else ever does/has. This is respectable and incredible. Really unique, captivating, and amazing.
Thanks Very Much for posting this
Eu não conhecia Anita O' Day, mas estou gostando muito! Excelente!
Anita was badass! She was like "Eff a microphone Ima use this electric toothbrush right here and you will LIVE!!!"
inasez 😂
You have to love her
Best version ever of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.
Her Berlin 1970 concert is off the charts, especially "Soon It's Gonna Rain."
Anita O'Day could swing -- big swing! I in particular liked her stay with Gene Krupa and trumpeter Roy Eldrige. Just take that famed song -- Let Me Off Uptown, of which the hit she says in an interview she received little royalty or recognition for that hit, that Krupa took all the boons that followed. She swung like Ella did, and accorded clarity unique to her and proved all her own. Nevertheless, she loved what she did as did Krupa.
There evidenced just that certain something about musicians and lyricists that spawned during the 1930's and 1940's -- their resumes, off the charts, especially in terms of the brilliance and the people with whom one another played and sang. Music proves never far from the energy frequencies and lifestyles of those musicians who played and sang and wrote the great compositions and songs.
Too, 'fascinating how musicians and lyricists generally were Americans of Irish, Jewish, Italian, and west African descent -- typically the selfsame ones who underwent so much strife and struggle. And, mirabile visu, out of theirs came a unique feel and sheer brilliance. Alas, we only see this today in Sports, but in the early to middle 20th Century, all centered on theater and the performing arts -- ay, all the expressions that come by everyday living.
my mom was a professional big band singer and Anita was her favorite by far.
Ur mum has very good tastes and she seems to really know what she's talking about'...✨
Phrasing to die for.
The best of the best in every way. Every way.
I totally fell in love with her today!
One of a kind, for sure.
The bassplayer looks like the Polish bassist Roman Dylag. he spent some years in Sweden during the sixties.
Dear children of today: take note--free singing lesson right here.
the definition of cool
Good Lord! Tea for Three and she's for me!
Commanding this band . As per usual. Classy and sassy.
Brush master, John Poole
hypnotised
"I'd tell you a joke, but...." what a line!
John Poole on drums, don't know who the bass player is, but he is solid as a rock also.
What year is this film?
@@davidpomerantz369 ; Pretty sure it was 1963, and I think following her Japanese tour of the same year.
Elle est l’une des toutes grandes voix du jazz
the best jazz singer -------
One very “SPECIAL LADY” - the term true Jazz Singer epitomized “LADY O’DAY”
Geniaaa!!!
total freedom, way ahead of her times, you had to wait for Nina Simone or Betty Carter to get such level of freedom - Ella was of course amazing, but she was swing not bebop - this is bebop
All I can say is WOW!
beautiful
Bravo!
anita marabilloza anita
Oh, yes.
Thomas McIntyre I agree
Queen
❤❤❤
Still the best White black or blue censored or not
El bebop de anita o day en su mejor epoca..improvisadora y sofisticada siempre llevando a su banda al tope...
10:10 breathtaking..
The Amy Winehouse of her day...her timing is IMPECCABLE!!! Watch her hand movements...right there with the drummer!!
jstringer213 .."Amy Winehouse?" LOL!!!
Amy who?
Would love to know who's in the rhythm section .Fantastic!
This is from 1963.
Anita O' Day - Vocal
Göran Engdahl - Piano
Roman Dylag - Bass
John Poole (also Anita's road manager) - drums
Read her biography, Jazz, Genius, and Jail at emilyprod.com. Vocal hang gliding and how to survive the music business.
I read it. Awesome read. So many great stories.
Loks like Great pianist Carl Schroeder.
She’s almost too good. She does with her voice what the brass does in Kenton’s orchestra. To this listener she’s almost too much!
insane
"I don't buy sugar, u just have to touch my cup"
Sexy in a casual and gutsy way.Never was or will be another.
Anybody know the details of this session? Where when?
Sweden 63'
Swingin’ cats man.
I’d do whatever she wanted me to do.
Can you PLEASE tell us the names of the first-rate musicians are here w/Anita ?
Most of you weren't even born during the Anita O'Day era.
Who on earth is the drummer?? He's on fire
Where and when was this gig please?
Sweden, '63.
Sockholm 1963
The Female Sinatra 🎤🎙🎼🎶🎵
Greater than Sinatra..and I'm a fan of Frankie!!
Wow! Every chick who thinks she can sing needs to watch this. She's the Charlie Parker of female vocalists.
Agreed!!!
Not agree. She's so much better than Charlie Parker with his instrument.
Absolutamente de ACUERDO no hay mejor comparacion!
She's the Charlie Parker of all vocalists, was there a male singer from that era that could turn a song into hers like she did, maybe Mel Torme..? She's basically using her voice as a trumpet or sax...insane.
Even Anita O'Day refered to herself as a stylist rather than a singer. I love her style. I can tell she was originally from Chicago because I live there, and some of my ancestors were from there.👍😁😎
Did Anita write those lyrics for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square?"
The lyrics are by Eric Maschwitz. Have you heard Bobby Darin's up tempo version? Highly recommended.
@@hank1519 Brian Setzer does a hella job with Nightingale too.
@@packman5906 I'll look for it. I like him. Thanks!
@@packman5906 He does a terrific job! Thanks again.
Ten thumbs down = Ten tin ears
Probablemente muchos querran matarme por decir lo que voy a escribir ahora pero para MI Anita es el Jazz el BiBop es su vos ella como nadie Representa al JAZZZ
I think its Roman Dyląg on bass
"The voice", who IS Frank Sinatra ?
What about the MIC?
Sheeeit I'd be groovin so hard to Queen O'Day if I was there. That audience doesn't deserve her 😄 sorry not sorry