It is Anita O’Day’s birthday. In my opinion, she was a great jazz vocal stylist.
Here is her famous appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
Category: Vocal
Love for Sale — Anita O’Day
Anita O’Day is one of my favorite jazz vocal stylists.
Africa – Sathima Bea Benjamin
To explain the words of the song, Sathima Bea Benjamin was born and raised in South Africa but spent many years in New York.
Fine and Mellow — Billie Holiday with Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan and Vic Dickenson (1957)
Quite a jazz lineup.
