Stella @ Sixth & I Synagogue (+ Afterparty with a "Wet Hot American Summer Screening")Jazz Film Series @ Library of Congress
by Svetlana 
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| April 9, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Jazz Film Series
Anita O’Day–The Life of a Jazz Singer (Elan Entertainment/UGO Productions, 2007). Dir Robbie Cavolina & Ian McCrudden. Producers Robbie Cavolina, Ian McCrudden, Melissa Davis. (90 min, color, DVD)
Legendary jazz vocalist Anita O’Day (Anita Colton) became popular singing with the Gene Krupa and Stan Kenton Big Bands before carving out a long career as a solo artist. In this new documentary, the so-called “Jezebel of Jazz” looks back over her life and tells the story of her struggles in the music world and triumphs over addiction, with rarely seen film performances and interviews with Annie Ross, Margaret Whiting, Bill Holman, Johnny Mandel and Gerald Wilson
free as always
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/pickford-current.html
