The BBC will broadcast a new documentary titled Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas, which charts the stories of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and Annie Ross. The 60 minute program, according to the BBC "takes an unflinching and revealing look at what it actually took to be a jazz diva during a turbulent time in America’s social history." It'll feature contributions from Lisa Stansfield, Melody Gardot, Diana Krall, Madeleine Peyroux, Claire Martin, Anita Wardell, Barb Jungr, Carleen Anderson, Tina May, Gregory Porter and others. The doc will air at 9pm on Friday, May 10, on BBC 4. The documentary tracks...
- 4/25/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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