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Anita O'Day [videorecording] : the life of a jazz singer / a film by Robbie Cavolina & Ian McCrudden.

Standard format (1.33:1)

[United States] : AOD Productions, 2009, c 2007.

1 videodisc : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)

American jazz vocalist Anita O'Day made music well into her eighties, breaking race barriers, while she battled a twenty-year addiction to heroin and alcohol. View footage of performances dating back to the 1950s, with artists such as Gene Krupa, Roy Eldridge, Stan Kenton, Louis Armstrong, and Hoagy Carmichael, as well as footage of O'Day teaching Billy Taylor how to be a jazz vocalist. Includes interviews with Dick Cavett, Bryant Gumble and David Frost.

O'Day, Anita.

Jazz singers -- Biography.

"Includes 90 minutes of bonus performances (uninterrupted) and interviews."--container.

Executive producers, Nancy Fields O'Connor, Caroleen Feeney ; produced by Robbie Cavolina, Melissa Davis, Vian McCrudden; directed by Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden.

DVD format.

In English; with optional French, Spanish, or Japanese subtitles.

Opening sequence -- Anita who? -- What a big baby -- Igpay Atinlay and walkathons -- Thanks for the boogie ride -- #1 fan -- Stan Kenton -- She looks so gorgeous, she don't move -- It's called improvising -- Her voice as an instrument -- What is jazz? -- My heart belongs to Daddy -- The jazz life -- Jail -- The Starlight Club -- Travelin' light -- If you've got the feeling -- Verve -- I lost every race -- Singing with feeling -- NIghtbird -- A free soul -- Newport '58 -- Japan -- Knowing when to stop -- The way it went down -- All I had was a broken arm -- One more mile -- Finale -- Credits.

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