The defining moments in Anita O'Day's long career occurred during the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival where she swung her way through "Sweet Georgia Brown," captured the hearts of millions in Bert Stern's Jazz on a Summer's Day, and found herself on the cover of Time magazine-undoubtedly assisted by a little black frock and a wide-brimmed, feathered straw hat. The circumstances surrounding these magical occasions comprise some of the many amusing stories she tells in Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden's hugely enjoyable, deeply moving tribute to the jazz diva completed just weeks before her death in November 2006. Footage of interviews with the feisty, supremely witty lady herself are skillfully interwoven with appreciations and anecdotes from her many friends and colleagues, including legendary arrangers Bill Holman, Johnny Mandel, Buddy Bregman and Russ Garcia. Terrific performance clips illustrate her formative years with Gene Krupa (her ground-breaking interracial stage routine with Roy Eldridge on "Let me off Uptown"), her period with Stan Kenton ("...the boys drank water and read books between sets-the other side of life!"), the bad years of drug addiction and her eventual success as one of the handful of truly original jazz vocalists. Just observe her exacting precision in probing the melodic substructure to "Honeysuckle Rose"-quite wonderful.