Anita O'Day - Discography - 320kbps

Anita O'Day - Discography

Few female singers matched the hard-swinging and equally hard-living Anita O'Day for sheer exuberance and talent in all areas of jazz vocals. Though three or four outshone her in pure quality of voice, her splendid improvising, wide dynamic tone, and innate sense of rhythm made her the most enjoyable singer of the age. O'Day's first appearances in a big band shattered the traditional image of a demure female vocalist by swinging just as hard as the other musicians on the bandstand, best heard on her vocal trading with Roy Eldridge on the Gene Krupa recording "Let Me Off Uptown." After making her solo debut in the mid-'40s, she incorporated bop modernism into her vocals and recorded over a dozen of the best vocal LPs of the era for Verve during the 1950s and '60s. Though hampered during her peak period by heavy drinking and later, drug addiction, she made a comeback and continued singing into the new millennium.

Born Anita Belle Colton in Chicago, she was raised largely by her mother, and entered her first marathon-dance contest while barely a teenager. She spent time on the road and occasionally back at home, later moving from dancing to singing at the contests. After bad experiences amid brief tenures with Benny Goodman and even Raymond Scott, O'Day earned a place in Gene Krupa's band in 1941. Several weeks later, Krupa also hired trumpeter Roy Eldridge, and the trio combined to become an effective force, displayed on hits like "Let Me Off Uptown," "Boogie Blues," and "Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina." She spent a brief period away from Krupa with Woody Herman, but returned to the band, only to have it break up by 1943. After moving to Stan Kenton, she starred on Kenton's first big hit, 1944's "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine." Another stint with Krupa presaged her solo debut in 1946, and with drummer John Poole as her accompanist, she recorded a moderate hit one year later with the novelty "Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip."

 Anita passed away in November 2006 due to the effects of pneumonia and advanced Alzheimer's disease.

Born: October 18, 1919  -  Died:November 23, 2006

R.I.P.

All The Sad Young Men

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An Evening With Anita O'Day

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Anita

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Anita O'Day And The Three Sounds

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Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May

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Anita Sings The Most

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At Mister Kelly's

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Cool Heat

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Incomparable!

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My Ship

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Pick Yourself Up

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Sings The Winners

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Skylark

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Swings Rodgers And Hart

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The Best Jazz Vol. 1

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The Best Jazz Vol. 2

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The Lady Is A Tramp

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Time For 2

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Trav'lin' Light

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Waiter Make Mine The Blues

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