Anita O'Day -- Tea for Two -- Live in Tokyo (1963) just sound

We all know the legendary performance Anita O'Day gave on the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958, immortalized on the documentary 'Jazz on a Summer's Day', where she sang 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and 'Tea for Two'.

This is another version of 'Tea for Two' recorded in 1963 in Tokyo. There is a DVD of this concert so actually there is a way to see the performance.

Before shouting to the pianist "fast!", she says to the audience "from the same movie...". This is because the previous song was "Sweet Georgia Brown" where she explained that it was part from 'Jazz on a Summer's Day'.

As you can ear, is quite differently structured, with more interaction with the musicians. At the end the usual battle, where the band tries to replicate Anita's phrasing.

Favorite moments:
01:18
The first sax read her mind perfectly and completes her input just right. Anta is pleased with that and releases a "Yeah!"
02:26
At the third "punch" Anita throws, the band doesn't react very tight. She laughs. I guess she felt that she won this one.

Enjoy!

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• Anita
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• Tea
• for
• Two
• Live
• in
• Tokyo

[blueskygal9]

Thanks for posting this! It brought the Japan concert of 1963 album to my attention and I just bought it digitally. I love Anita O'Day and this album has a lot of her greatest "hits." She's one of my jazz role models.

[duartecanario]

Look also for the DVD.

[plangentmusic]

WHy? She has a better tome than either of them. (Ella can be a bit corny when sing ballads). She conveys a lyric better than Sarah, who sometimes is more interested in showing off technique. And her phrasing is far more developed. Ella scats almost exclusively in the pentatonic scale. Sarah uses octave jumps and diatonic scales. Anita sings real chromatic jazz. She may be the most underrated singer of all time.

[RexKennedy77]

@plangentmusic Your answer shows that you're really an Anita fan, rather than a jazz fan. You only compare her to 2 of the most popular artists in the genre, keeping your evidence quite topical, making no reference to composers, arrangers, sets, etc. Instead, you focus on perceived style, without evidence. But it's my mistake, I should have read your other comments first to know who I was dealing with. My apologies. Good Day

[plangentmusic]

@RexKennedy77 Interesting how you make assumptions. So because I make 2 comparisons and not mention composers (which has nothing to do with the topic at hand) I'm not a jazz fan? I have no evidence? I'm not worth "dealing with." You may want to lose that arrogant attitude. It just makes you look foolish. In the meantime, check out plangentmusic jazz on Youtube.

[plangentmusic]

@RexKennedy77 Anita isn't comparable to the "greats." LOL. Rent a pair of ears.

[RexKennedy77]

@plangentmusic Are you out of your mind??? Anita is up there, hands down, but to compare any of the greats is just dumb. Each of them has a special quality that made them great: Ella:Versatility; Sarah:Operatic range; Billy:Instrumental Mimickry; Anita:Speed; Carmen;Phrasing; Blossom:Caberet's/Cafe Society; Astrud:Airy & Latin; Nina:Theatrics; Dinah Washington:Torch Singer; Julie London:Balladeer: June Christy: Cool Jazz Icon; Betty Carter:Improvisation. Nancy Wilson:Chanteuse.

[teazle2]

@trippintonk Profound accurate, says it all, Anita was underrated, and sadly because as someone said on here, she loved to well and not too wisely. Had she been more politically minded she'd have had world recognition for her talent. BUT we can see her and hear her still thank God and thank UT !!

[trippintonk]

I think that Anita was HUGE for a long time, deservedly so, but was eclipsed by those with better press and connections, and sadly enough, less addiction issues. But, she kicked her habit, got back on her feet , and by the eighties was performing again. Youtube has some videos of her performing in the 2000's,amazing, it seems she lost almost NOTHING!

Anita, Ella, Sarah, they were BRILLIANT, and so very important, as far as sheer musicianship and talent, Anita takes the day hands down.

[fingerscarr]

yabble babble . she takes too many liberties yabba dabba dubya dribble

[LOJAY2007]

amazing! I love you Anita!!!

[BWV1906]

very good points! and im an absolute fan of anita! sarah has better tone with many more colors...i agree about ellas ballads...epecially whe she did the songbooks...but when not restrained she is great...check out her Summertime in Berlin...I dont think Anita is underrated at all...jazz lovers respect her 100%! i cant say she is better than ella or sarah...like i said "its ludicrous"...its lke trying to compare ella, dinah, and betty..all were great!