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This is a legendary performance by Anita O'day at the Newport Jazz Festival. The video is from Jazz on a Summer's Day released in 1960, but covered the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
One of the finest singers to emerge from the swing era, Anita O'Day at her prime was a masterful scat singer and a true improviser whose interpretations of standards uplifted and altered even the most familiar songs. - From Jazz
One of the finest singers to emerge from the swing era, Anita O'Day at her prime was a masterful scat singer and a true improviser whose interpretations of standards uplifted and altered even the most familiar songs. - From Jazz
Strange how the crowd just sat there in seats, must be a relaxing way to watch a concert.
This actually has to do with the production of Jazz on a Summer's Day. The film was shot but when in editing they realized they didn't have enough crowd reaction shots, so they mixed a bunch of them from random places and shot some of themselves watching the first cut.
Thats why it's so uneven in places.