Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)

Released Documentary · 90 min

 

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)

Released Documentary · 90 min

 

She survived it all to become one of the world's great jazz singers

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... see more

She survived it all to become one of the world's great jazz singers

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... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Apr 30, 2007
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
BUDGET
$200,000
REVENUE
N/A
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