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Anita O'Day. Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 [1] – November 23, 2006), [2] known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer".
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer is a 2007 American documentary film about the jazz singer Anita O'Day. The documentary, directed and produced by Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and had a limited release on August 15, 2008. It was nominated for Best Long Form Music Video at the 52nd Grammy ...
Mindi Abair (born 1969) Lorez Alexandria (1929–2001) Karrin Allyson (born 1963) Michelle Amato. Ernestine Anderson (1928–2016) Ivie (Ivy) Anderson (1904–1949) Ernie Andrews (1927–2022) Julie Andrews (born 1935) Paul Anka (born 1941)
Nina Simone (/ ˈniːnəsɪˈmoʊn / NEE-nə sim-OHN; [ 1 ] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly ...
Arbors, Blue Note / EMI. David Lee Frishberg (March 23, 1933 – November 17, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist. His songs have been performed by Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, [1] Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kral, Diana Krall, Rebecca Kilgore, Stacey Kent, Bette Midler, John ...
Anita Ward (born December 20, 1956 [2] [3]) (sources differ) is an American singer and musician from Memphis, Tennessee.Beginning her professional music career in the late 1970s, Ward is best known for her 1979 million-selling chart-topper R&B/Disco hit "Ring My Bell": it was no. 1 on the United States Hot 100, R&B, and Dance charts, and in the United Kingdom.
1991. Website. grammy.com. The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, [ 1] to female recording artists for quality jazz vocal performances (songs or albums). Honors in several categories are presented ...
Anita Wardell (born 23 August 1961) is an English jazz singer, renowned for her scat singing. [1][2] Wardell was born in Guildford, Surrey, in England and raised in Australia. [1][2] She studied jazz at Adelaide University before singing at festivals with James Morrison, Don Burrows, and Richie Cole. [2] She then returned to her studies, this ...