That was 1958🎹🥁🎷 Still watching in 2024🥁🎹🎺

Anita O'Day is one of the most unrepresented American treasures. She took standard songs, and turned them on their head. Listen to her interpretation of Sweet Georgia Brown and Tea for Two. She is a jazz icon and unmatched in American Jazz. I do NOT say that lightly. Her voice is an instrument, and if you have the privilege to know her music , you'll understand how wonderful she is.

I was one of those people who thought they didn't like jazz. Then I saw this.

I love Anita O'Day. Just look/listen at the way she controls her voice, the way she moves in and out from the mic. Such precision. She knows exactly what she is doing and is having fun with it.

@1122redbird

11 ай бұрын

Yea, she is a badass performer. And high as fuck on smack too.

@emil_rainbow

4 ай бұрын

​@@1122redbird while keeping it together.

@mcharrison23

Ай бұрын

And sooo classy looking!!

This is the absolute epitome of cool.

@ignorecorporatenews

3 жыл бұрын

Well, this WAS Thee Greatest female Jazz singer EVER.....

@kwik2hear915

3 жыл бұрын

This is my first time seeing and hearing, what an incredible jazz singer!!!!!!

@isabelitacorubi1642

2 жыл бұрын

@@ignorecorporatenews This is quite a peremptory statement, isn't it? She can be YOUR favorite female jazz singer ever, it's a nice choice. But "the best ever" implies that many other legendary other singers were worse than her, and frankly, this doesn't sound true at all.

@1122redbird

2 жыл бұрын

You're right.....jazz culture during this time, the true jazz heyday in my opinion, defined cool. This performance and piece of social documentary is epic.

@1122redbird

2 жыл бұрын

@@isabelitacorubi1642 Isabel, you are spot-on correct. Anita O'Day was fantastic without question. But there were many fantastic jazz singers of this era. It's all down to one's personal opinion on who was the 'greatest EVER'.

The scat is fantastic. You can tell she is actually interacting with the band for the improvisation on the call and response. No one does anything remotely close nowadays

@hezigler

Жыл бұрын

Does anyone recognize that part of the call and response near the end is from a Winston cigarette TV advertisement jingle?

@marklegac3419

9 ай бұрын

@@heziglerNo! What commercial? I love that!

The outfit is adorable. Fits her personality.

@melissasweeney1487

3 жыл бұрын

The dress originally had long sleeves. Legend has it that she removed the sleeves in her hotel room, faced them by hand with a needle and thread ... and hello. New dress. Then she dolled up an ordinary black hat with white feathers. She bought a pair of inexpensive white gloves from a department store. Voila. Killer outfit. Resourceful, even if a bit out of it.

I really don’t know what is happening here, but it’s hypnotic. Or rather she is. Accomplished musicianship from the band. Wonderful camera work and editing of the very cool crowd. And the elegance, class and effortless improvisation from Anita O’Day. A beautiful snapshot of a bygone era. Thankyou.

@andrewh273

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe too cool a crowd??

@rienjans6214

2 жыл бұрын

This was taken from a film called Jazz on a Summer's Day, a documentary more like, about the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. Must see, mesmerizing stuff indeed!

@rainforme1850

2 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful comment

@jmc6720

2 жыл бұрын

@@rainforme1850 Thankyou

@skyshark66

2 жыл бұрын

She admitted she was high on heroin and doesn't remember any of this

That woman was one of the greatest Jazz performers ever. No one was like her at all. Her rythimatic style was uñbelievable. She had the looks to go with. I bought her Cocktail Hour 2 CD set made in 2000 around that time. I will miss her.

This is one of the best jazz performances of all time. The audience is a trip!

@paulgibby6932

Ай бұрын

Great photography (shot selection) and editing. Anita is so great!

It’s just an amazing example of mic technique. Everytime I watch it.... never gets boring ever

You are witnessing probably the best live jazz singing ever from 65years + virtuosic ,timing , interpretation,modern swing,space humour it has it all.Pure pure genius❤

@enrique1445

4 ай бұрын

It's fantastic... I can listen it very times and I think that it's so great...

So glad they included footage of the audience as well. The cats eye sunglasses, the lovely dresses, the girl reading Camille!

@leetylr

4 жыл бұрын

The surprising thing is that it wasn't a real concert and the audience were purely there for the filming and making the experience as authentic as possible.

@kieranomalley1772

3 жыл бұрын

That is definitely a jazz crowd. Very stylish

@sandirichard5461

3 жыл бұрын

@@leetylr this was the Newport Jazz festival. They were definitely there for the music 😂

@morganfisherart

3 жыл бұрын

@@sandirichard5461 True, it was a bona fide music event, but director Bert Stern (who was mainly a brilliant fashion photographer) inserted a few models, etc., into the audience, to try and make some kind of story out of it, with the pretty blonde reading Camille as the lead character. I think he (wisely) abandoned the idea during filming. Also I think there was plenty of creative editing, shifting some audience shots to a different song, etc. Still, one of my favourite music movies ever!

@Sacto_Dave

2 жыл бұрын

@@morganfisherart It seems like the folks who filmed Woodstock may have borrowed some from Bert Stern's approach here. Pick out a few beautiful people in the crowd and feature their reaction or non-reaction as the case may be. I had to love the beautiful young woman in the tight fitting white cap. She looked like she was pissed at having to be there but by the end of (6:52 or so ) Tea for Two she can't stop herself from bouncing along with the music. Great stuff.

She looks great. Very tough to tell if she was high or not. . Her outfit is elegant, her voice in top form, and she looked very attractive. Loved the teeth.

@morganfisherart

3 жыл бұрын

She later (in her autobio) admitted to being on heroin during this gig. Amazing how some people can still function while that high!

@altoozair

2 жыл бұрын

Along with Ella, the crème de la crème of jazz singers - at the time of the best jazz. I’m so grateful for having been to some of the best concerts at that time.

This performance will never be forgotten. Ever.

@1122redbird

2 жыл бұрын

Yes... an absolutely epic performance.

@dasteven10

Жыл бұрын

Exactly how I feel.

@andrealeenarts99

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

This is an archive of musical history and art I never want to lose. she’s on everything but roller skates here she but nails it.

Omg, I feel like I just traveled back in time! The footage is incredibly awesome!

@isabelitacorubi1642

2 жыл бұрын

Just what I thought. This is a travel machine, indeed.

@SKarlsson

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing that this was shot in '58. Truly one of the greatest concert documentaries. Really just wonderful.

What a spectacular find. Not only is it a joy to see Anita O'Day perform but also to see the audience at Newport Jazz in 1958. Watching them watch her is simply fascinating!

It is impossible to listen to her version of Tea for Two without smiling

This lady is just a show by herself ( smile, teeth, dress, shoes, gestures) and a sense of show business !

"She is high", "she is drugged", she is this, she is that, hit her with a wiffle ball bat. So what? You pure? Most music loving-people would likely not notice, when the sound is on-point spectacular, especially since she is not teetering or faltering in any way.

@joeysplats3209

3 жыл бұрын

It's hard to teeter or falter doing jazz. She was very talented.

The fact that she was high at this performance is both hilarious and sad at the same time. Although you would not have known this, as I previously did not, it is not apparent until you learn of her addiction to marijuana and heroin. Regardless, it is a fantastic performance that all musicians, within the realm of musicology, or music history, should see as it shows the “best” (give or take the high she was experiencing) of what she was able to give as a singer, performer, and entertainer.

She makes singing just look so effortlessly , what a gift she had.

One of the most rhythmically gifted of ALL TIME. She goes so hard here!

Jazz On A Summer's Day is my favorite jazz movie. And Anita O'Day was stunning!!!

@shawnthaxter4408

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Chuck Berry, Big Maybelle and Mahalia Jackson. Not Jazz Artists but in combination with the Jazz Artists, it makes it my favorite concert movie. BTW Jazz is my favorite type of music.

@Johnnycdrums

4 жыл бұрын

Shawn Thaxter ; I think Ckucky was out of tune, sorry.

@coleroberts6147

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely mind blowing. Just a very wow appearance.

@richardscroggs1839

3 жыл бұрын

Kino Lorber has restored and remastered Jazz On A Summer's Day and the dvd/blu ray will be released on February 9. www.kinolorber.com/product/jazz-on-a-summers-day-blu-ray

@rig4365

2 жыл бұрын

I've got this movie on now in the background as I work. I had to stop once Anita O'Day walked on stage. i am mesmerized. I'm not familiar with her but I certainly will be now and forever.

I keep coming back to this video every so often. One of my favorite things 😘

@JessicaGraham-is-wildwestjess

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@harvey2609

2 жыл бұрын

@@JessicaGraham-is-wildwestjess My first name is Graham! That's two very important things in common. Cheers

@JessicaGraham-is-wildwestjess

2 жыл бұрын

@@harvey2609 Indeed it is! Take care!

She is one of the Unsung Best Jazz singers in the World, her style is unmatched, she's Vaughan, Fitzgerald, Wilson level

Arguably one of the greatest musical performances caught on film of ALL TIME. The artists & camera work together to create pure magic.

That “Call and Response” between Anita and drummer John Poole is fantastic. John Poole (RIP) was a rhythm machine,

Ms. O'Day is so gorgeous in this clip. The best of the best in jazz song and wholly underrated.

There's something about Anita O'Day. You just can't take your eyes off her.

I always did like Anita...she could sing anything. I remember reading her autobiography...whew, she and Art Pepper could have been siblings! Amazing that she lived to 87

@Sacto_Dave

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a movie about her life. I wish they would have spent a lot more time on her music and how she developed her style and less time on her drugs and personal issues. If the dope affected her singing I can't see it.

@stuartcook1666

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sacto_Dave Seems like all the musician biography's are like that.

@lemuret69

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sacto_Dave Do read her autobiography, High Times, Hard Times. She talks a lot about the music.

@davidewing6149

Жыл бұрын

Second that! Pepper was totally unlikeable as a person after reading autobiography. Great musician but whew what a monster…

@racourdav

Жыл бұрын

@@davidewing6149 Yeah, he was… sort of made your skin crawl reading his bio.

What a doll! What a performance! Cooler than the other side of the pillow! I think I'm in love..

Absolutely stunning! Truly one of the greatest jazz performances of all time. WOW.

@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO

Жыл бұрын

Hello, Everybody: Kate Smith! That doesn't say much about jazz, does it?

@robertcarli1969

Жыл бұрын

@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO high as a kite on some good skag

@LKre-vi5oq

Жыл бұрын

@quable..idiot. You haven't a clue what you're yabbing about

If only people still dressed and acted this elegantly and politely today!!

@lancemccollum4697

5 ай бұрын

She said that (being a heroin addict for a couple of decades) she was "probably high during that performance! She was a true jazz singer.

@neonmeate8180

4 ай бұрын

Gimme a break, what’s elegant about stuff back then like Jim Crow

that rhythm in her voice is amazing, love her.

The most perfect instrument. No keys. No buttons. No reeds. Only human voice. Monster.

Quite possibly the single greatest live jazz performance in history - this is a master class in jazz vocals and the musicianship possible with voice.

@sandirichard5461

3 жыл бұрын

It's good but, single greatest, no. Not while there was an Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone and Sara Vaughn. Just saying.

@kieranomalley1772

3 жыл бұрын

I'll second that. Amazing.

@thetriumphofthethrill2457

3 жыл бұрын

Guy Finley: No question about it. She was the greatest female Jazz singer of all time.

@johnmc3862

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandirichard5461 In your opinion.

@LynneConnolly

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't go that far, not when Benny Goodman at the Carnegie Hall and Miles Davies doing So What are around, to name just two. But it's up there.

No one finds the magic between the notes like Anita. She's able to use sustain, tone, etc. like a horn player with her voice, but she goes where a horn never could go with her voice.

I love the peek into late 1950s/early 1960s life this gives. My parents were little kids. And my grandparents were younger than I am now.at this time. The music is amazing, but the audience is fascinating to me.

Outstanding performance, the interaction of the crowd makes this one of the most fascinating records of a jazz experience.

Love this so much, can't keep watching it over and over.

Sophisticated singer.-ANITA

High or straight, how can you top this performance? Spectacular.

HOW did I not know how GREAT she was 'till now?????

She was just so cool and elegant.

One Of The Most Underrated Singers From The Jazz Era & A Great Clip From A Great Documentary, 'Jazz On A Summer's Day'.

My Jr High teacher went to this and raved about it to us kids 5 years later. She is shown twice shaking her head. I recognized her because she had been so influential in my education. That was nearly 60 years ago.

Gets nothing but better with each fresh viewing. SWING personified. DAMN.

"Sweet Georgia Brown" in four versions, the third of which you should recognize, and "Tea for Two" in an avant-garde style. Good stuff.

Saw this performance today in the documentary about this festival & immediatly became a fan!

Perfection . Her voice is other worldly

Keep swinging in heaven Ms. Anita.

It's amazing that Anita lived to 87. She lived a rather crazy life with the drugs and alcohol: a ballsy dame if ever there was one!

@christophertracy2807

5 ай бұрын

They dont make broads like her anymore

The audience in this clip are the coolest people ever. They were all way ahead of their time. What an amazing shared experience they all had. All lost in the the jazz.

@ignorecorporatenews

3 жыл бұрын

ahead of their time ?? No, they were just hip and educated about music, unlike today's public

@jennycreative1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ignorecorporatenews OK. Sorry to have offended you. It's one of my favorite clips that's all.

@randallnye5984

3 жыл бұрын

They look bored I don't even think the audience footage is sinced with the music.

@robertlepper5460

Жыл бұрын

Oozing white privilege and entitlement

Oh my! Had known her by name, of course, for many many years... Only listened to her sing today and... Gobsmacked, that's the way I feel right now, but in a good way. This is beyond what words can describe. Holy shit. 🎉

love her bought her vinyl a few years ago not knowing her music but i love trying out new finds & found a favorite. & i adore her outfit here. i was born in the wrong era for fashion. i always dress up whether im food shopping, taking a plane, or going to broadway. im disappointed at what slobs people have become. i wouldnt go to bed in some of their attire! lol.

Absolute brilliance!

Lol, love the bomb on the downbeat at about 1:51. Then they walk it very, very nicely.

Assuming there's more, I'd love to hear her entire set that afternoon.

Half the fun is watching many in the audience and their spontaneous reactions. What a time this must have been. Great jazz and a respectful, classy audience - and no sloppy dressers!

Love the close up view of a jazz singer in action

Looks, talent and charm and you got the perfect package to create one of the most memorable performances. She was the greatest.

She’s a monster and I’m in love.

No kidding...this amazing and complex woman was an extraordinary artist. How is it that some great singers of their time like Anita remain sounding fresh and relevant while others of their time sound impossibly old school? It's not the songs themselves of course, and I doubt that it's the voices themselves.

Seemingly effortless, immensely charming and vocally stunning. A wonderful clip from a brilliant and cleverly directed film.

Is this the coolest footage ever captured? Definitely in the running 😊

O-M-F******* GOD!!! Amazing!!!!

@vinnyvidivici5930

3 жыл бұрын

U ain’t lying

Now that's what I call Jazz!

She lived a full life that's for sure. She was already a living legend by this point.

I'm 56 and have been unable to find ANY clip in color during this time---except for WWII documentaries. This is an exquisite opportunity for students of history and song to truly "see" that, as modern as we perceive ourselves to be, times have NOT changed that much!

@vestibulate

8 ай бұрын

@t.s.t.4085 Color stock was pretty widely available in 1958, the year this film was shot.

That is wonderful! I found this after listening to the Will Kimbrough song "Anita O'Day", which is apparently about the songwriter's viewing of this video. The clothes on the singer and audience members are hilarious - from a few years before I was born. I am more familiar with Ella Fitzgerald, but was impressed by O'Day's scatting and the back and forth with the band members at the end of "Tea for Two."

Amazing delivery!!!!

One of our country's most underrated artists. Queen O'Day is among so many US artists which we are on the precipice of being erased to convoluted US history. Scat is the least of it:) Ms. O'Day spoke openly about an addiction to heroin which she says she beat by going on extended hiatus and simply "biting the bullet". Much harder than the old timers may have expressed, but an important comment nonetheless from one who has been there.

You just...discovered Anita O'Day one day.

Fabulous... and Smack high too! lol 👍❤😁

Wonderful. I saw her in Paris in the 70’s

What an incredible singer, but watching these videos is another level...

She’s such an amazing performer. To watch her is hypnotic. Her sense of rhythm is impeccable. The way she moves into the beat, she fills spots with her movements and gestures. Such style too. I’ve been watching this video for over a year now. It’s so good

All you young chicks take note! You get hip to Anita !

Amazing performance!!!

My god, this fantastic! She is absolutely brilliant.

Love love love her!👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Oh my gawd! Where have I been?

@emil_rainbow

4 ай бұрын

sleepin 😆

Undoubtedly her technique is extraordinary---but oh hella is she high. I was expecting her to take a dive on the stage in those heels, but she didn't. The consummate professional. Way to slay Anita. What a performance!

@lovetobecolouring2

3 жыл бұрын

most jazz musicians were in those days....... either high or drunk. I remember when very young being surprised at my first live concert of Mose Allison . He played with a glass of whisky handy on the piano and refreshed himself often.

@aramancam

Жыл бұрын

Amazing performance! But I wouldn't call performing while high consummate professionalism.

Ms O’Day oh so special, cool Jazz at its finest, a truly special performer.

These people don't realize they are in the presence of GREATNESS

so perfect!

Too cool. Way out, Daddy. Cool man, cool.

my mother's favorite singer!!!

Adorbs! ...no autotune to be found - awesome!

Doesn't seem like most of the people in the audience really appreciate this spectacular talent. Oh to have been in one of those empty seats.

Anita at her best.

A star of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival (her flamboyant, show-stopping performance of "Tea for Two" and "Sweet Georgia Brown" was captured on the Bert Stern documentary, Jazz on a Summer's Day),

Killer. Anita was the best!

Other than Ella, no female singer swung harder. Her tonsil operation when young removed the natural vibrato humans have on long notes giving her another unique tool besides her innate sense of swing and her instantly recognizable voice. And boy did she live hard. She was up there with Lady and Sass in her hard living.

An outstanding performance. Anita is at her best, no doubt

Women back then had style; the crowd shots are amazing! I love how Anita doesn't have to resort to vocal gymnastics like today's singers to impress her audience.

アニタオディを尊敬する、神様という日本のアーティストがインタビューを受けていた その際にこの映像の一部が流れてきて一瞬で虜になりました✨

My Dad was a working musician for over 40 years. He always said that there were a few "basic personalities"/types of people. I think he said around 10? Not sure... The point was that, in his vast experience, humans were MORE similar than different. Most of us probably fall into a fairly predictable category. That is NOT bad, despite our wish to be "unique". It is THIS acknowledged sameness which should cause us to be more understanding and kind.