High Times Hard Times
by Anita O'Day, George Eells
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Author: Anita O'Day, George EellsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-01
ISBN: 0879101180
Number of pages: 376
Publisher: Limelight Editions
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Book Review: Ain't easy singin' jazz
Summary: 3 Stars
This is an interesting read for anyone who sings, plays, or enjoys jazz music. It's the story of a person who hit the pits in the jazz world and then rose above it. The late Anita O'Day tells it like it is. How easy it is to get a drug habit and how hard it is to kick it. How she was ripped off by shady agents and record producers, as well as band leaders. The lady had her own special way of presenting a tune, and she stuck to her guns despite the advent of rock and roll which made a lot of jazz performers give up performing jazz music and jump on the rock and roll band wagon, i.e. sax man King Curtis to keep the rent paid. She had some real rough times and tells of how she had to pawn nearly everything she had to get enough to eat or support her drug habit. Eventually she kicked her heroin habit(after fourteen years) and became an icon in the jazz world. O'Day tells of her different "gigs", traveling and doing one nighters with bands such as Krupa, Kenton, and other big bands of the thirties, forties, and fifties. A good insight into the ups and downs of a jazz performer.
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