ANITA ODAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER Aug 15, 2008
According to experts interviewed in "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer," they are Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Ms. O'Day, the only white chick in the bunch. Just why O'Day is ranked in such stellar company is on ample view in the worshipful film. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
You got me rockin' May 23, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. (from left) Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts in Shine A Light. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Favorite movie moments of 2007 Dec 30, 2007
"Your personal experiences include rape, abortion, jail, heroin addiction," to which a woman curtly interjects, "It's the way it went down, Bryant." Anita O'Day is addressing (or better yet, dressing down) a young Bryant Gumbel in an interview where he rattles off a list of the late jazz singer's more notorious moments. It's the start of the documentary "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer," and O'Day's response - with hardened emphasis on "down" - perfectly encapsulated the life of an artist... (Boston Globe)
What's old is new for McKeown Nov 17, 2007
Instead of her well-crafted original songs, the album offers a canny tour through the back pages of the American Songbook, from a slow and sassy version of Fats Waller's If You a Viper to a hard-swinging rendition of the Anita O'Day vehicle Thanks for the Boogie Ride ... I found out about Anita O'Day because my grandfather is a big-band aficionado. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Ruthe Stein's highlights Sep 30, 2007
9:45 p.m., "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer". SEQUOIA. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sound Unseen Festival still visible in Twin Cities Aug 16, 2007
That one film is "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer," about the jazz diva who shared the stage with Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington and Thelonius Monk. She impressively remained active, albeit through some turbulence (a near-fatal drug overdose, for one), from the mid-1930s through the 1970s. (U-Wire.com)
Singing the praises of Anita O'Day Aug 3, 2007
Anita O'Day earned her nickname "Jezebel of Jazz." (MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS) ... "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer" begins with a bang ... Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer. (Boston Globe)
More of this story Jul 28, 2007
The jazz festival also announced it will show the documentary "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer" on Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Jane Pickens Theater. Tickets cost 15 and are available at the theater box office at 49 Touro St.. (Newport Daily News, RI)
A Very Dreary Vie En Rose Jun 9, 2007
Sometimes my straying mind settled on the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Anita O'Day, who must surely have had their troubles, but refused to wear them on their sleeves or on their bravely scatting tongues. . (Time.com)
Price is Right Apr 5, 2007
" Ms. Price has one self-released CD, Dedicated to You, to her name. With nods to Doris Day and Anita O'Day, it's a kind of love letter to "girl singers" from days gone by. She's recently been putting the final touches on a new release for a yet-unnamed major label. A mixture of jazz, pop and R&B, the CD will be out in late summer, Ms. Price hopes. "We started the project in January and I'm really excited about it," she says. "It's covers of things I grew up with pop songs by James Taylor and... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Dig it, Daddy: These cats and kittens could groove Mar 8, 2007
Integrated acts like Gene Krupa's band with Roy Eldridge and Anita O'Day were the exception in an era when Jim Crow still ruled the South. The great thing is that the soundies let us see for ourselves, when we otherwise might not. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
McKeown gets her fingers snapping on 'Sing You Sinners' Mar 1, 2007
And, I think, Anita O'Day. Maybe two years ago, I found her music and it really changed the way I thought about this music. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'First of the white soul singers' Feb 7, 2007
In Chicago, Frankie Laine - as he became - worked with, among others, the 14-year-old Anita O'Day and the 16-year-old Stan Getz. His first break came filling in for Perry Como in 1937, and he was also helped by Hoagy Carmichael and Nat King Cole. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Radio pick of the day Jan 13, 2007
Maxton WalkerFriday January 12, 2007. Isn't it always the way: you wait ages for a gripping saga chronicling the dying days of a political empire, and then two come along at the same time. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Something borrowed Jan 13, 2007
Instead of her original songs, the album offers a canny tour through the back pages of the American Songbook, from a slow and sassy version of Fats Waller's "If You a Viper" to a hard-swinging rendition of the Anita O'Day vehicle "Thanks for the Boogie Ride." She launches a national tour on Tuesday with a two-night run at Club Passim, joined by keyboardist Erik Deutsch, a member of guitarist Charlie Hunter's new trio, and powerhouse drummer Allison Miller, who's spent the past two years touring... (Boston Globe)
Making it takes back seat to distributing it in music business Jan 1, 2007
Other music-related losses include soul singer Wilson Pickett, country pioneer Buck Owens, early rocker Gene Pitney, keyboardist and ``fifth Beatle'' Billy Preston, enigmatic Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett, Arthur Lee, blues singer Ruth Brown and several jazz greats -- saxophonist Jackie McClean, percussionist Ray Baretto, singer Anita O'Day, trumpeter Maynard Ferguson and pianist Jay McShann. The industry also said farewell to Ahmet Ertegun, who founded Atlantic Records and was an early... (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Legends, leaders, and legacies: The year in farewells Jan 1, 2007
Among jazz artists who died were Anita O'Day, Jay McShann , Ray Barretto, John Hicks, Don Alias, Hilton Ruiz, Moacir Santos, Dewey Redman, and Walter Booker. Blues legends Sam Myers, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Johnny Jenkins, Willie Kent, Floyd Dixon, Bennie Smith, Robert "H-Bomb" Ferguson, and Etta Baker were memorialized, too, along with drummer Paul Caruso, bandleader Ted Herbert, keyboardist Vince Welnick, and bass player Allen Paulino. (Boston Globe -- Nation)
