Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2008)

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NR | 1 hr 30 mins | Historical, Biopic, Music, Documentary | Released: 8/15/2008

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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.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
8/15/2008

Director	Credit
Robbie Cavolina	Director
Ian McCrudden	Director
Cast	Credit
Amy Albany	- Cast
Buddy Bregman	- Cast
Charles Britton	- Cast
David Boska	- Cast
Ken Druker	- Cast
Joe Franklin	- Cast
Will Friedwald	- Cast
Russell Garcia	- Cast
Jim Gavin	- Cast
Freeman Gunther	- Cast
Bill Holman	- Cast
Karen Kramer	- Cast
Eddie Locke	- Cast
Johnny Mandel	- Cast
John Cameron Mitchell	- Cast
Mark Morris	- Cast
John Pietranowicz	- Cast
Denny Roche	- Cast
Annie Ross	- Cast
Mary Sellers	- Cast
Dr Billy Taylor	- Cast
George Win	- Cast
Margaret Whiting	- Cast
Joe Wielding	- Cast
Gerald Wilson	- Cast
Production Credits	Credit
Robbie Cavolina	Producer
Nancy Fields O’Connor	Executive Producer
Ian McCrudden	Producer
Melissa Davis	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Ugo Productions	Production Company
Elan Entertainment Inc	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Palm Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Palm Pictures	Domestic Distribution Rights
Art Department	Credit
Robbie Cavolina	Art Director
Film Camera	Credit
Ian McCrudden	Cinematographer
Robbie Cavolina	Cinematographer
Music	Credit
Thomas Golubic	Music Supervisor

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