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Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
Directed by Ian McCrudden, Robbie Cavolina
Overview
This documentary explores the life of jazz singer Anita O’Day. As a child, Anita had a tonsillectomy, during which her uvula was accidentally removed. The surgery prevents her from singing vibrato and holding long notes, but lends to her much-revered percussive style. Anita overcomes her vocal hurdle, as well as many others—including poverty, heroin addiction and jail time for a drug arrest—to become one of the most prolific and respected jazz vocalists of the 20th century.
Initial release: 30 April 2007
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Anita O'Day | Buddy Bregman | Leonard Feather | Will Friedwald | Johnny Mandel | John Cameron Mitchell | Annie Ross | George Wein | Margaret Whiting | Gerald Wilson