Anita is an amazing singer. Gene, put Animal in a suit and yea.. Unleashed. :-) Roy, hard to name anyone who even gets close. I actually have this on cd :-) Nice to find a video. :-) thanks for uploading.
Born (Anita Belle Colton), Anita O'Day will always be remembered with all the other great Jazz artists of that time frame such as Helen O'Connell , Helen Forest , Dinah Shore and the late great Billie Holiday , her style and charisma and music will always be the epitome of who she was.
Anita, at the height of her swing period, all of 22 yrs. old, and upstaging the great Roy Eldridge. An amazing short for it's time pairing a white singer with a black trumpeter. And Krupa beating out the swing effortlessly.
Do people of today realize what great artists these folks were? Timeless.
FANTASTIC!!! I have been playing trumpet for 35 years and have ALWAYS admired Roy Eldridge. I was fortunate to have met him several times when he played Chicago. Thankfully I also met Anita when she played Chicago. She graciously autographed her book to me. These two artists were just SO amazing! I have listened to this song many times over the years and now it is so nice to see it performed! Thanks so much for posting!!!!!!
woo!!!
vanishag1 4 months ago
anybody swings like Roy.. So great...
ivanovickr 7 months ago
Anita, Roy and Gene together, I have their albumn with Uptown, and what a combination of incredible rockin talent.
mcrdaveabc 8 months ago
Anita is an amazing singer. Gene, put Animal in a suit and yea.. Unleashed. :-) Roy, hard to name anyone who even gets close. I actually have this on cd :-) Nice to find a video. :-) thanks for uploading.
CaNHaZNiP 8 months ago
POUND 4 POUND The greatest trupet player of all time ! Wow...Harry James would enjoy this...
pb4ueat1390 9 months ago
Born (Anita Belle Colton), Anita O'Day will always be remembered with all the other great Jazz artists of that time frame such as Helen O'Connell , Helen Forest , Dinah Shore and the late great Billie Holiday , her style and charisma and music will always be the epitome of who she was.
cyclonexiv 1 year ago
Ahhh, Roy Eldridge. What a trumpeter! Fantastic.
klustjerauw 1 year ago
Anita, at the height of her swing period, all of 22 yrs. old, and upstaging the great Roy Eldridge. An amazing short for it's time pairing a white singer with a black trumpeter. And Krupa beating out the swing effortlessly.
Do people of today realize what great artists these folks were? Timeless.
jimfocus69 1 year ago 6
FANTASTIC!!! I have been playing trumpet for 35 years and have ALWAYS admired Roy Eldridge. I was fortunate to have met him several times when he played Chicago. Thankfully I also met Anita when she played Chicago. She graciously autographed her book to me. These two artists were just SO amazing! I have listened to this song many times over the years and now it is so nice to see it performed! Thanks so much for posting!!!!!!
Trumpetplayer60076 1 year ago 6
formidable beau document!
ibsen25 1 year ago 3
I feel sad for todays young people they just don`t get it do they? in other words
"It don`t mean a thing if it `aint got that swing.
local802blues 2 years ago
That's so good this is the first day of me hearing Anita O'day wow she is awesome!!!
mapleloaf67 2 years ago
they said groovy! 1942 ! groovy caught on in the 60's.anita is the best ever! damn!
steve89z 2 years ago
love it love it!!
Anita Oh Anita!!
clemchacoman 2 years ago
Just plain great, thanks for this.
bach2117 2 years ago
Awesome video! I love this song :)
musik711 2 years ago