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"A moving glimpse of six women who combine musicianship with soul, tenderness with guts...a valuable document of the jazz voice."
--James Gavin, jazz writer

"a highly professional, enjoyable,
informative contribution to the
library of video jazz."
-- Grover Sales, jazz writer


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     SAYING IT WITH JAZZ
 A one-hour video featuring jazz vocalists:

Carmen McRae
Lorez Alexandria
Carol Sloane
Etta Jones
Madeline Eastman
Rebecca Parris

With comments by:
Carl Jefferson
Bob Parlocha
Orrin Keepnews
Joe Williams
Shirley Horn
Sonny Buxton

Narrated by Al Young

"Of all the stars in the firmament, singers are the least understood. But when we hear gifted divas such as Carmen McRae, Lorez Alexandria, Etta Jones, Carol Sloane, Madeline Eastman and Rebecca Parris not only sing, but talk, clouds lift.  Probing the intertwined questions of how and why singers communicate, director Joan Merrill gets to the essence of 'saying it with jazz.'"
-- Chuck Berg, Jazz Times
    
"You get the feeling that none of these singers would be here if not for Carmen McRae, whose phrasing and interpretation were unparalleled"
- Robin Tolleson, Down Beat