Anita O'Day
January 27, 2006
Ever since I first watched her light up the bandshell in Bert Stern's Jazz on a Summer's Day, I have harbored a monumental crush on Anita O'Day. "Brassy chanteuse" scarcely begins to describe the woman. But then, she scarcely needs me to describe her. See for yourself: I just stumbled across this collection of QuickTime clips from her heyday in the 1940s and 50s:
From Jazz on a Summer's Day:
Sweet Georgia Brown
With the Gene Krupa Band:
Thanks for the Boogie Ride
Let Me Off Uptown
> The Indestructible Anita O'Day
File under: Ephemera
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