Jazz Articles about Anita O'Day

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Anita O'Day: There's Only One...

by Charlie B. Dahan
October 14, 2003

Quicksilver Records dug out a true treasure when it reissued Anita O’Day’s Christmas of 1977 recordings session. While this recording came at the end of her accomplished career, it windows the singer and her individual and styled approach to song. Anita O’Day was raised in the music hotbed of Chicago, Illinois during a time when Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa were frequent performers. O’Day worked her way up to landing a gig with the Krupa outfit which ...

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Anita O'Day: The Complete Anita O'Day Verve/Clef Sessions

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 1, 1999

In the world of song, there are clearly stylists and then there are true jazz vocalists. To the latter category, Anita O'Day has to be counted as one of the few who have built a recorded legacy as important as that of any jazz instrumentalist. A discriminating artist with a solid musical background, word has it that there's no easier way to put off O'Day than to hand her a lead sheet with just the printed lyrics, as she wants ...

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Anita O'Day: All The Sad Young Men

by C. Michael Bailey
January 1, 1999

Jazz on a Summer's Day. There is no better introduction to Anita O'Day than her over the top performance of “Sweet Georgia Brown" and “Tea for Two" from the documentary of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz on a Summer's Day. She scats and swings through these jazz war horses with a sex appeal as certain as a blown kiss, con brio.

The Ballad. All The Sad Young Men was a pairing of Ms. O'Day with then 27 year old ...