ANITA O'DAY (Good times with a great hat) Jazz History #42

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Singer Anita O’Day titled her autobiography High Times Hard Times for good reason-she lived through both. She was a unique singer who sounds like no other (although Veronica Swift is channeling her these days). Starting her career in the swing era, and despite addiction that claimed the lives of many jazz musicians, she performed up to the age of 87. If you’ve never seen her performance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this clip’s for you.
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@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

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@brucescott4261 10 ай бұрын

@chasesanborn ...No Anita O'Day, no June Christy, no Chris Connor, PERIOD!!!

@michaelfoxbrass Жыл бұрын

That Newport Jazz performance is simply mesmerizing.

@jymmydkid5633 7 ай бұрын

She was high as a kite too

@alanprice7584 8 ай бұрын

I had the exquisite experience of seeing Anita at Ronnie Scott's in Londons soho back in the early 80s and being blown away by her unique style.

@chasesanborn 8 ай бұрын

Definitely an unmistakeable stylist.

@jamesnicol3831 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for honoring Anita the best female jazz singer ever a beautiful forever. Your taste and knowledge is top level

@chasesanborn 11 ай бұрын

I am a huge fan, although evidently that was not obvious to at least one person in the comments. Glad you perceived it that way.

@jamesnicol3831 11 ай бұрын

You and I know the truth Newport jazz festival with Anita swinging is in my heart forever

@Johnnycdrums Жыл бұрын

I saw her perform with the Buddy Rich Ghost Band in late 1987 at "The Blue Note", NYC. The band was great and so was Anita. Met her backstage with my little sister, she said good things, and looked healthy too.

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

I bet that was a great show.

@PericlesEmmanuel Жыл бұрын

She was remarkable artist, she did not possess the powerful voices Like Ella, Dinah or Sarah Vaughan, but her breath control was beyond amazing, and her phrasing was incredible and perfect. Her so unique interpretations of sweet Georgia Brown and tea for two!! Is beyond of this World.

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

She was a unique voice, to be sure. Interesting that the video about her has gotten more comments than any other featuring a vocalist.

@dorothypoole8908 Жыл бұрын

@@chasesanborn She lived in my house three years. I wrote her complete biography.

@thedamndiz2343 Жыл бұрын

@@dorothypoole8908 she lived in ur house for years? Are u related to John Poole or is there some other coincidence in names?

@brucescott4261 10 ай бұрын

@PericlesEmmanuel ...Anita O'Day is in the same conversation as the First Lady of Song and the Divine One. Anita O'Day is definitely on my top ten jazz/pop vocalists list.

@michaelcraig9449 7 ай бұрын

That is because she had a tonsil operation when she was a kid and it messed up her voice so she can not hold real long notes. So she made her own style. Timing, and phrasing.

@t.s.t.4085 9 ай бұрын

Queen O'Day lives on. Watch the above clip. Great job.

@chasesanborn 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for that!

@bobblues1158 Жыл бұрын

I saw the film when i was 13 in the theater. I was already starting to play, and this film and especially Anita just pushed me all the forward into the Jazz World. I never get tired of seeing this. Thanks Chase!

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

I feel the same way.

@titobattaglia7932 Жыл бұрын

Anita swings SO hard!

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

She sure does.

@garynash7594 Жыл бұрын

I saw her in the concert film of 58' Newport! bout 40 years ago, Totally blown away!! Her singing ? You are done baby 🍼! Her hat finished me off! 😳😌👋❤️

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

That hat is a marker in jazz history.

@antoniopalmero4063 5 ай бұрын

She awesome .

@chasesanborn 5 ай бұрын

She was.

@ewetoobblowzdogg8410 7 ай бұрын

She outlived all the other greats. RIP to the Jezabel of Jazz

@chasesanborn 7 ай бұрын

Not all of them, but many for sure.

@SuperMike1955 7 ай бұрын

I had the good fortune to see Anita perform at the Backlot night club in West Hollywood back in either 1978 or 1979. She was awesome. The Backlot was part of the Studio One disco.

@chasesanborn 7 ай бұрын

She has come up frequently recently on my music streaming, and I'm repeatedly struck by how masterful she sounds.

@machpodfan 9 ай бұрын

The Queen of Time. The most accomplished beat-mistress ever recorded, and I'll fight you over Peggy Lee 🤣🤣

@chasesanborn 9 ай бұрын

No fight necessary! :)

@AbbeBuck 9 ай бұрын

Peggy Lee held her beats. Anita took everything and stretched it out -- and scatted like a horn man!

@AbbeBuck 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this one. She is in my Top Five.

@bharlesCabbage 10 ай бұрын

Wild

@sulevisydanmaa9981 Жыл бұрын

THE BEAUTY incarnated, impeccable style. She could have won Miss America, chosen otw. (Or the chief stewardess 4 a major carrier...). Good 4 us she didn t. Her zenith lp is from 1 year before this appearance - " Anita Sings 4 Oscar " - originally released on odd, cheap record-club type of lbl which didn t even bother to print a proper color sleeve cover, came out w an flyer-insert and plain blue carton sleeve. I paid 4 a M copy $81 in an 1990s auction for it, to Jeff Barr, who was then running probably #1,2 or 3 jazz collectors mail-order biz from Rancho Mirage; that was before the web took over and the dealer never meddled w it ; instead dropped under the radar, 2 bad - nth comes up in 2023. Greetings if reads this. The said lp was later rereleased on Verve w proper cover and titled "Sings The Most" (IMMSMC). Nevuhhh saw her live ...🇫🇮

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

Seems like we are hitting some of your faves!

@sulevisydanmaa9981 Жыл бұрын

@@chasesanborn talk about it ...Glo Lynne & Lorez next, then Dakota & Della Reese - the big belters w bigger brass. LaVern Baker could be optional though R&B - ntm BIG MAYBELLE : "This Bitter Earth" on Rojac - take a heed of a listen, fairly obscure, junkie also as was Anita 4 2 long ...

@presequel Жыл бұрын

shame on me, but I did not know her... thank you for bringing this to my attention, I enjoyed everything of it, what a great singer :)

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

There is no shame in discovery! Check out Veronica Swift who combines a love of Anita O'Day with an ultra-high level of vocal virtuosity.

@brucescott4261 10 ай бұрын

No Anita O'Day, no June Christy, no Chris Connor, PERIOD!!! I love all three of them!!!

@chasesanborn 10 ай бұрын

Your good taste is showing.

@campocat Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@campocat Жыл бұрын

@@chasesanborn You have to love her , she makes herself so venerable taking the music places its never been before. Bravo Anita!!!!!

@stephenedgecock 10 ай бұрын

lol..she was high asf at that jazz festival gig

@chasesanborn 10 ай бұрын

She later acknowledged that was likely true.

@SoulMarriage 7 ай бұрын

Incredible clip with Roy Eldridge. Where did you find this?

@chasesanborn 6 ай бұрын

All the clips in this series were found on KZfaq. I don't own the rights to them so none of the videos can be monetized, and an occasional one can't be shown at all.

@alvistd2168 6 ай бұрын

Roy and Anita w/ Krupa. How come it's all gone.. Today, Multitrack autotune, ah forget it..... all humanity it's done.

@chasesanborn 6 ай бұрын

I'm not quite as fatalistic about the state of music today, but I am as nostalgic for the music of the past.

@tangledandfar Жыл бұрын

I seem to remember reading that the shots of the audience in Jazz on a Summer's Day are not synchronized with the performances, so I'm not sure we can judge the audience's reaction to a particular performer just from watching the film.

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

That is true, but the faces are fun to watch nevertheless. And I expect the depiction of their reaction during the course of this performance is pretty accurate.

@PatriotSteve 7 ай бұрын

Some of the audio is. You can see people singing along in one performance.

@eottoe2001 Жыл бұрын

Odd audience shots at the NJF.

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed.

@Johnnycdrums Жыл бұрын

The 1958 Hipsters are the Hipsters in my book. Everything else is fakey all to Hell.

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

'twas a consequential decade.

@disboygotdabeat 4 күн бұрын

Wow!... embarrassingly, I have never really heard of her before and I thought I had heard of all of the great female jazz singers. I had assumed incorrectly that they were all black females.

@chasesanborn 3 күн бұрын

I'm happy to make the introduction!

@sashaqureshi6204 5 ай бұрын

I don’t understand what the people at the 1958 jazz fest were looking for. It seems they were mildly entertained but they seemed so bored at the same time.

@chasesanborn 5 ай бұрын

The audience shots seem not to sync with the music. It's possible the bored expressions were occurring at a time when no action was happening on stage. They are fun to watch regardless.

@monasticphil5658 Жыл бұрын

They say H ruins the voice.I dunno about that.

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

I expect she would have had some things to say about that. Life is a crap shoot at best--best to improve rather than diminish one's odds.

@monasticphil5658 Жыл бұрын

@@chasesanborn No doubt she woulld.I agree its a risky pastime heroin .I recall a British actor his name I cannot, used Codiene to lower his voice ! .I myself couldnt abide the constipation when I took it for a back injury.

@AbbeBuck 9 ай бұрын

O’Day was a bastardized Irish way of saying “dough” or money. Anita chose this for her last name because she needed the Jack! I met her at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago when I was 15. She was not impressed when I started to recite the liner notes on the Gene Krupa retrospective two album set that came out in 1971!

@chasesanborn 9 ай бұрын

I guess she could have chosen 'jack', for that matter. :)

@dorothypoole8908 Жыл бұрын

Who do you insist on showing that horrible uncomplimentary picture of Anita when she was very very old?

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

I don't feel the same way about that photo. Her face tells a thousand stories.

@robertaglass Жыл бұрын

Omg! Dorothy Poole! John Poole & Anita O’Day - one of the great jazz teams. Hope someone makes a movie one day on their friendship & musical collaboration!