Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robbie Cavolina
Bill Holman
Russell Garcia
Annie Ross
Gerald Wilson
Eddie Locke
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Before her death in November 2006 at age 86, Anita O'Day, one of jazz's most complex and rhythmic vocalists, smiled on the music world for six decades. This film portrait captures all the magic that took this sly Chicago native, a white girl who could hold her own against Billie and Ella, from Gene Krupa's bandstand to solo stardom. Film footage of Anita O'Day's appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, immortalized in the 1960 documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day and excerpted here, may be the defining moment of the post-bebop era.
Cast
Bill Holman
Russell Garcia
Annie Ross
Gerald Wilson
Eddie Locke
Jim Gavin
Ken Druker
Joe Wielding
Dr. Billy Taylor
Karen Kramer
David Boska
Freeman Gunther
Mary Sellers
Johnny Mandel
John Cameron Mitchell
Margaret Whiting
Denny Roche
Joe Franklin
Will Friedwald
George Win
Amy Albany
Buddy Bregman
Charles Britton
John Pietranowicz
Crew
Robbie Cavolina
Robbie Cavolina
Robbie Cavolina
Robbie Cavolina
Melissa Davis
Thomas Golubic
Marc Josefowizc
Ian Mccrudden
Ian Mccrudden
Ian Mccrudden
Nancy Fields O¿connor
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner of the 2008 Satellite Award for Best Doumentary Motion Picture by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States August 15, 2008
Released in United States August 22, 2008
Released in United States January 2008
Released in United States Summer May 23, 2008
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (True Stories) January 3-14, 2008.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (True Stories) January 3-14, 2008.)
Released in United States Summer May 23, 2008
Released in United States August 15, 2008 (New York City)
Released in United States August 22, 2008 (Los Angeles)
