Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
The world lost the defiantly unpredictable, trend-busting bop vocalist Anita O'Day in November 2006, to dementia and pneumonia. A year or so prior, documentarians Ian McCrudden and Robbie Cavolina (perhaps foreseeing this loss) set out to create the definitive film portrait of the chanteuse, entitled "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer". This biography recounts O'Day's life story by intercutting archival performance footage of the vocalist with fond reminiscences from friends and colleagues and cutaways to O'Day's original reviews and publicity material. Interviewees include Bryant Gumbel, Harry Reasoner, Dick Clark, Annie Ross, and Johnny Mandel.
Year: 2007
Genre: Music Capsule, Biography, Film Festivals 2008
Country: USA
Director: Ian McCrudden, Robbie Cavolina
Starring: Annie Ross, Anita O'Day, Dick Clark
Duration: 91 Minutes
Rating: M - Drug References
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Location in store: Music Capsule
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