Ended on 12/23/2007
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TIS AUTUMN: The Search for Jackie Paris -
(unrated)
2007 - USA - English - 100 minutes - Outsider Pictures
Directed by: Raymond De Felitta
Featuring: Jackie Paris, Harlan Ellison, Norman Bogner, Joe Franklin, Billy Vera, Howard Rumsey
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 Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee called him a great talent. Charles Mingus made a hit record with him. Lenny Bruce toured with him. So why did vocalist Jackie Paris fall into obscurity?
Filmmaker Raymond De Felitta examines the life of jazz singer Jackie Paris - the vocalist on Charles Mingus' "Paris in Blues", whose outstanding talent and a troubled life story makes a haunting mystery. Talent was never the problem: Paris' unique voice - bluesy, deeply sensual - enchanted songwriter Hoagy Carmichael; the songwriter considered Paris' version of "Skylark" the best.
Working with rare found footage and new interviews with jazz legends such as Billy Taylor, George Wein, Mark Murphy and Ruth Price, as well as the final concert footage and last interviews Jackie Paris ever gave –- De Felitta constructs an emotional mystery story which asks the question, who or what is to blame when a great talent goes from sensation to footnote during their lifetime?
"Shines an overdue spotlight on a great who got away"
Jeannette Catsoulis, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Magnificent and moving. Elegantly judged...the entire work is sculpted with great, personal care."
-Robert Koehler, VARIETY
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