9.00pm -
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas, charting the stories of
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and
Annie Ross. The 60 minute programme "takes an unflinching and revealing
look at what it actually took to be a jazz diva during a turbulent time in
America’s social history".
The
programme will feature contributions from singers: Annie Ross, Lisa Stansfield,
Melody Gardot, Diana Krall, Madeleine Peyroux, Claire Martin, Anita Wardell,
Barb Jungr, Carleen Anderson, Tina May and Gregory Porter.
Other
jazz people who were inteviewed for the documentary include musicians Bucky
Pizzarelli and Bob Dorough critics Gary Giddins, Dave Gelly, Alvin Hall, Loren
Schoenberg, plus Holly Foster Wells (Peggy Lee’s grand-daughter) and George
Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival.
10.00pm Jazz
Divas Gold – archive performances by female jazz artists
11.00pm
Legends: Ella Fitzgerald
12.00am
Arena: Sonny Rollins – Beyond The Notes
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