$20 DVD
$15 VHS

SAYING IT WITH JAZZ
Produced by Joan Merrill
Narrated by Al Young

Saying It With Jazz, 58-minute video
with performance footage of Carmen
McRae, Carol Sloane, Etta Jones, Lorez
Alexandria, Madeline Eastman, and
Rebecca Parris.

Narrated by jazz writer Al Young, “Saying It With Jazz” delves into how and why certain singers find jazz singing the musical means for expressing emotion. Carmen McRae, Lorez Alexandria, Etta Jones, Carol Sloane, Madeline Eastman, and Rebecca Parris attest that lyrics are what attract them to a song. And the opportunity to express their emotions in song is what attracts them to jazz singing.

A segment is devoted to each singer, with McRae as the “grande dame” of jazz singers who starts off the hour-long documentary narrated by California poet laureate Al Young.

Saying It With Jazz is available for purchase on this site (click here).

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