‘Tis Autumn – The Search For Jackie Paris
Raymond De Felitta
USA | 2006 | 100mins | Beta | Colour and Black & White
An examination into the art and mysterious life of legendary jazz vocalist Jackie Paris. Using both new and archival performance footage, found footage, still photography, historical audio clips and rare unreleased recordings, Oscar-nominated filmmaker De Felitta conducts on-camera interviews with Paris himself as well as many of the musicians, songwriters and personalities who knew him best.
Hailed as the new sound of the day and working with some of the biggest names in jazz - Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton, and Charlie Mingus to name a few - Jackie Paris went from singing sensation to footnote in a generation. This documentary unearths what was at the heart of Jackie Paris’ glorious art and enigmatic career in a film that Downbeat jazz magazine describes as a compelling investigation and Variety calls magnificent and moving. |
