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Anita O’day performing at Newport Jazz Festival.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

John Jazz, Music, Vocal 2 Comments October 18, 2014 1 Minute

Love for Sale — Anita O’Day

Anita O’Day is one of my favorite jazz vocal stylists.

 

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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.

 

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Fine and Mellow — Billie Holiday with Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan and Vic Dickenson (1957)

Quite a jazz lineup.

 

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