Jazz Library - Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day Alyn Shipton is joined by singer Gwyneth Herbert to select the key albums, including a noted performance in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day, of Anita O'Day, one of the longest-lived and most versatile of swing era singers. While O'Day led a roller-coaster life, marked by problems with drugs and a period of imprisonment, she remained a consistent and very accomplished vocalist, rivalling artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.