Jazz Articles about Anita O'Day

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 ...