Virtual sailor 7 big maybelle3/29/2024 Metronome called me 'the festival’s outstanding act.' Esquire said 'I was the hit.' The New York Times reported, and I quote, 'Anita O’Day, making mincemeat of 'Sweet Georgia Brown’ and 'Tea for Two’ is as vivid and insinuating as is Mahalia Jackson booming ‘The Lord’s Prayer' (traditional). In fact, I could have bought a full share for $200 and passed it up.Then suddenly, I began hearing from everybody about the picture, and especially about my two spots, “Sweet Georgia Brown” (Bernie, Pinkard, and Casey) and “Tea for Two.” Newsweek ran a lovely photo of me along with a rave review. In a club I’d have given more, but at a festival you take your bow and get out of the way so they can bring on things for the next group.It seems to me there’s no better example of not knowing when Lady Luck is going to touch you on the shoulder than this Newport gig.I didn’t have much faith in the commercial appeal of a documentary called Jazz on a Summer’s Day. There was a big reaction, a lot of applause. In those days we’d just begun doing “Tea for Two” (Youmans and Caesar) as a fast tune, and it was as fresh to us as to the audience.
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