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Anita O'Day (born Anita Belle Colton; 1919 – 2006) was an American jazz singer widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any female stereotype, O'Day presented herself as a "hip" jazz musician, wearing a band jacket and skirt as opposed to an evening gown. She changed her surname from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough," slang for money.

O'Day, along with Mel Tormé, is often grouped with the West Coast cool school of jazz. Like Tormé, O'Day had some training in jazz drums (courtesy of her first husband Don Carter); her longest musical collaboration was with jazz drummer John Poole. While maintaining a central core of hard swing, O'Day's skills in improvisation of rhythm and melody put her squarely among the pioneers of bebop.


Anita O'Day - 1952 - The Lady Is A Tramp
Anita O'Day - 1954 - An Evening With Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day - 1955 - Anita
Anita O'Day - 1956 - Pick Yourself Up With Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day - 1957 - Anita Sings The Most
Anita O'Day - 1958 - Anita O'Day Sings The Winners
Anita O'Day - 1958 - At Mister Kelly's
Anita O'Day - 1960 - Incomparable!
Anita O'Day - 1960 - Swings Cole Porter + Rodgers & Hart With Billy May
Anita O'Day - 1960 - Waiter, Make Mine Blues
Anita O'Day - 1961 - All The Sad Young Men
Anita O'Day - 1962 - & Cal Tjader - Time For 2
Anita O'Day - 1975 - My Ship
Anita O'Day - 1976 - Live at Mingo's
Anita O'Day - 1981 - Angel Eyes (Live in Tokyo)
Anita O'Day - 1991 - Swings Cole Porter With Billy May
Anita O'Day - 1993 - Rules Of The Road
Anita O'Day - 1999 - Let Me Off Uptown The Best Of Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day - 2000 - Anita O'Day's Finest Hour
Anita O'Day - 2000 - Key Largo
Anita O'Day - 2001 - Young Anita - 4CD
Anita O'Day - 2008 - Four Classic Albums - 4CD
Anita O'Day - 2012 - Anita And The Three Sounds & Time For 2
Anita O'Day - 2015 - In Jazz We Trust
Roy Eldridge With The Gene Krupa Orchestra feat. Anita O'Day - Uptown - 1990

+ Anita O'Day - The Complete Anita O'Day Verve-Clef Sessions 9CD - 1999