Product Details

• Actors: Anita O'Day
• Directors: Various
• Format: Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Mono)
• Subtitles: Italian
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: NAXOS OF AMERICA DVD
• DVD Release Date: October 27, 2009
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002N5KDZM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,614 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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JAZZ ICONS:ANITA O'DAY LIVE 63 & 70 - DVD Movie

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five-star Knock-out, November 28, 2009

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Len Gardner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jazz Icons: Anita O'Day Live in '63 & '70 (DVD)

I recently purchased and viewed the Anita O'Day DVD in the Jazz Icons series. I've collected O'Day's CDs for years, but what a revelation this DVD is! How marvelous her artistry is!

Too often, I buy a CD or DVD and am disappointed. Not this time. This DVD exceeded my expectations, which were already high. The packaging and mastering are excellent. This is really a must have item for fans of jazz singing. For those who haven't yet seen it, be prepared to fall in love.


Jazz Icons: Anita O'Day Live in '63 & '70

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Anita O'Day, Vocal Genius, December 18, 2009

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Tym S. (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jazz Icons: Anita O'Day Live in '63 & '70 (DVD)

Anita O'Day deserves a lot more love. As fluid as Ella, as daring as Billie, and sassy as Sarah, she deserves a cult of young followers who may've found inspiration in new virtuosos like Bjork, Erykah Badu, and Cat Power. So heads-up, it's time to learn from a maestro.

In this fantastic DVD O'Day is virtually a one-woman band with her precision timing, saxophonic phrasing, crowd charming, and fiesty asides. She's backed by solid bands but she's clearly the engine driving this express. We're lucky to see two concerts here bookending the 60's which act as a master class in first class vocalese. Anita had the complex rhythmic sense of Gene Krupa and the liquid instincts of John Coltrane, all while she was singing a melodic tune. In a male field, she held her own with her whipsmart musicianship and earned deep respect from her legendary peers. Watch how she turns "Sweet Georgia Brown" into a bop opera. Or "Tea For Two" into a gatling gun of fireworks. Astounding. If you want to learn from the best, here's where you start...

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reelin' In the Years Does It Again, November 14, 2009

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Robert Barker (Burbank, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jazz Icons: Anita O'Day Live in '63 & '70 (DVD)

I believe this is the 4th series in the Jazz Icons collections from Reelin' In the Years Productions. They have no peer. And now they have done their magic with Anita O'Day. In this sad economy it would have been understandable if the company had pulled back a little as the DVD home market has bottomed out. I salute their courage, but moreso I salute their results. There was an O'Day concert from Japan in the early 60s put out a couple years ago. (From a competing video group.) The video and audio were poor. This high quality production from Reelin' In The Years more than makes up for it.