Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

0.0 2013 59 min
Documentary Music

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 a…

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Chris Rodley

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Peggy Lee Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald Self (archive footage)
Annie Ross Self
Melody Gardot Self
Madeleine Peyroux Self
Billie Holiday Self (archive footage)

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