Today's Guest: Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer (As we continue to mine my print archives for interviews, the 100th anniversary of legendary singer Ella Fitzgerald's birth -- April 25, 1917 -- reminded me that it was time to get this delightful conversation I had with her for the St. Petersburg Times on October 25, 1985... Continue Reading →
Doc film Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer cries out! PODCAST INTERVIEW
What makes a documentary film appealing to you? For me, it's either a subject in which I'm already invested, of course, or one in which I'm just curious enough to give it a try. Well, I didn't know much about Anita O'Day, the jazz singer whom Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden have immortalized... Continue Reading →