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Jun 2, 2013 · Biographical study of one of the greatest of American jazz divas, Anita O'Day, who died in 2006 at the age of 87. Interviewees include Dick Clark, Annie Ross and Johnny Mandel.
Aug 14, 2008 · Despite being considered one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, Anita O’Day remains far less known than fellow luminaries Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, the two performers to whom she is frequently compared in Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer.
John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925 – June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diane Schuur and Shirley Horn.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1999 CD release of "Ultimate Anita O'Day" on Discogs.
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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 CD release of "The Jazz Stylings of Anita O'Day" on Discogs.
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CAST Anita O'Day, Johnny Mandel, Annie Ross. LENGTH 1:31. PLAYING AT Cinema Village, Manhattan. BOTTOM LINE Swinging, satisfying portrait of a woman who was among the best at what she did. And whom, after this film, you'd really like to have met.
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer delivers a spirited appreciation and colourful portrait of the great jazz singer and queen of 50s cool. Excellent clips that draw on a fat scrapbook of performances and archived interviews with the singer are juxtaposed with interesting testimony from other singers and artists and new footage of O'Day ...
