Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
EN
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Release Date
2013-05-10
Overview
The documentary tracks the diva's difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fuelled world of the big bands of the 30s and 40s, to fill nightclubs and saloons across the US in the 50s and early 60s as a force in her own right. Looking at the lives and careers of six individual singers (Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and Annie Ross), the film not only talks to those who knew and worked with these queens of jazz, but also to contemporary singers who sit on the shoulders of these trailblazing talents without having to endure the pain and hardship it took for them to make their highly individual voices heard above the prejudice of mid-century America.
Media
Similar
Lambert & Co.
1964-01-01Zaz: Sur La Route
2016-03-04Megacities
1998-08-12The Uncomfortable Truth
2018-10-08Ruído Branco
2019-08-28Street Fighting Men
2017-04-30Black and White: Uptight
1969-01-01Who You Callin' a Nigger?
2004-08-09Bixas Pretas: Entre o Amor e Afetos
2023-08-08Rasist, Javisst?
1993-01-01Parece Comigo
2016-06-01Sweet and Lowdown
1999-12-03Jazz Icons: Count Basie Live in '62
2006-07-13Eric Clapton: Live at Budokan
2009-02-24Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990-01-01The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene
1970-01-01La couleur du temps
2008-10-12Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008-11-07