Musician-turned-filmmaker Raymond De Felitta's first documentary plumbs the mystery of singer and guitarist Jackie Paris, who vanished into obscurity despite critical raves — he was regularly called Frank Sinatra's equal — and collaborations with a who's who of jazz icons, including Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, and Dizzy Gillespie.
De Felitta was hooked on Paris' distinctive vocal stylings from the moment he heard Mingus' song-drama "Paris in Blue" in 1991, and was shocked to find most of Paris' recordings unavailable. What little he could glean about Paris' life included the fact that he had died in 1977 at age ...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
101 mins