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She survived it all to become one of the world's great jazz singers - Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
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Title: Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

Release Date: 30 Apr 2007

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: Documentary

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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

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Average Vote: 7 (2 votes)

Cast

  • Herself: Anita O'Day
  • Himself: Buddy Bregman
  • Himself: Leonard Feather
  • Himself: Will Friedwald
  • Himself: Johnny Mandel
  • Himself: John Cameron Mitchell
  • Herself: Annie Ross
  • Himself: George Wein
  • Herself: Margaret Whiting
  • Himself: Gerald Wilson
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