Women in Jazz

Jezebel productions have released three of their films below on one DVD."International Sweethearts of Rhythm". "Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin Women" and "Maxine Sullivan: Love To Be Loved" You can find it at www.jezebel.org

ADELAIDE HALL Sophisticated Lady
UK 1990 • 50 mins • Produced by John Jeremy • Directed by David Mingay and David Robinson
In concert with the Mike Pyne Trio.Pyne (pno) Dave Green (bass) Ron Hetherington (drums)and Benny Waters (sax)

ALBERTA HUNTER; MY CASTLE'S ROCKIN'
USA 1988 • 58 mins • Directed by Stuart Goldman
Film about the blues and jazz singer featured in "Remember My Name" (see features)

ALBERTA HUNTER ; LIVE AT THE SMITHONIAN INSTITUTE
USA 1982 • 58 mins •
with Gerald Cook (pno) Jimmy Lewis ( bass)

ANITA ELLIS; FOR THE RECORD
USA1980 • 28 mins • Directed by Tony Silver
Anita Ellis performs in this film with Ellis Larkins (piano)

BILLIE HOLIDAY; The Long Night of Lady Day
UK 1984 • 92 mins • Directed by John Jeremey (see Lady Day)

BILLIE ON BILLIE
UK 2002 • 50 mins • Directed by Paul Kerr
Film based on some late interviews with Billie Holliday with clips from her first screen appearance with Duke Ellington and her late UK appearance on 'Chelsea at Nine'

BILLIE HOLIDAY: SENSATIONAL LADY
UK 2001 • 60 mins • Directed by David F. Tufnell

BILLIE HOLIDAY (see Strange Fruit)

BILLIE HOLIDAY; THE MANY FACES OF ( see LADY DAY)

ELLA FITZGERALD; SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
USA 1999 • 89 mins • Directed by Charlotte Zwern
Very good docu from the maker of STRAIGHT, NO CHASER and narrated by Tony Bennett

ELLA FITZGERALD
UK 1964 (TV) • 47 mins • Directed by Philip Casson
with Oscar Peterson (pno) Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums)

ELLA FITZGERALD
USA 1966 (TV) • 52 mins
with the Duke Ellington Orchestra

ELLA FITZGERALD IN LONDON
UK 1965 • 45 mins • (p)
with the Johnny Spence Orchestra including Tubby Hayes, Kenny Clare, Keith Christie and Harry Klein

HERE'S TO LIFE; SHIRLEY HORN
1992 • 60mins
Docu about the great singer with Quincy Jones, Carmen McRae and Johnny Mandel

HERE'S TO LIFE; SHIRLEY HORN
1992 • 60mins
Docu about the great singer with Quincy Jones, Carmen McRae and Johnny Mandel

JAZZ IS MY NATIVE LANGUAGE; A PORTRAIT OF TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI
USA 1983 • 60 mins • Directed by Renee Cho
with Lew Tabackin. Film of the Japanese American pianist, composer and big band leader.

JAZZ WOMEN
USA / Italy • 2001• Directed by Gabriella Morandi
with Abbey Lincoln, Annie Ross, Dakota Staton and Etta James

JAZZ WOMEN ON VIDEO: FOREMOTHERS 1932-1952
28 mins •
with Nina Mae McKinney and Eubie Blake, Helen Humes with Count Basie,
Maxine Sullivan, Ida Cox, Sister Rosetta
Thorpe with Lucky Millinder, Billie Holiday with Basie,
Rita Rio & Her Mistresses Of Rhythm, Ada Leonard's All-
American Girl Orchestra & The International Sweethearts Of
Rhythm.

JESSICA WILLIAMS in Solo Performance
USA 1998 • Directed by Paul Marshall

LADY DAY;The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
USA 1991 • 60 mins • Directed by Mathew Sieg
with Harry Edison, Buck Claton, Annie Ross and Carmen McRae

LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL
USA 1994 • 60 mins • Directed by Rochelle Calhoun
Film version of the stage play with Kimberly Herbert in the role of Holiday

MARY LOU WILLIAMS; MUSIC ON MIND
USA 1989 • 57 mins • Directed by Joanne Burke
Film of the great pianist and composer with Gillespie and Buddy Tate

MAXINE SULLIVAN: LOVE TO BE LOVED
USA 1990 • 48 mins • Directed by Greta Schiller
Wonderful clips of the great singer with Armstrong. Plus in concert with the Scott Hamilton Quintet and in the studio with Dick Hyman, Mel Lewis, Major Holley and Seldon Power

NINA SIMONE AT RONNIE SCOTT
UK 1984 • 55 mins
Includes interviews as well performances at the club

RUBY AND TINY, HELL DIVIN’ WOMEN
USA 1988 • 30 mins • Directed by Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss
see 'International Sweethearts of Rythmn'

SARAH VAUGHAN The Devine One
USA 1987 • 57 mins • Produced by Diane Dufault

SARAH VAUGHAN; THE DEVINE ONE
USA 1991 • 60 mins • Directed by Matthew Seig
with Roy Haynes, Billy Eckstine and Joe Williams

SARAH VAUGHAN ; THE SARAH VAUGHAN STORY
USA 1991 • 57 mins • Directed by Toby Byron.

SARAH VAUGHAN : LIVE
USA 1984 • 55mins • Director by Phil Olsman
A concert featuring Sarah Vaughan, with a special appearance
by Joe Williams.

STRANGE FRUIT
USA 2002 • 57 mins • Directed by Joel Katz
Docu about the famous poem made famous by Billie Holiday with music by Don Byron

TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI
1984 • 58 mins (P)
The Big Band with Lew Tabackin (tnr)
(see Jazz is My Native Language)

WILD WOMEN DON'T HAVE THE BLUES
USA 1989 • 58 mins • Directed by Christine Dall
Film about early female jazz singers including Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter and Ida Cox

WOMEN IN JAZZ ( TV SERIES)
USA 1981 • Produced by Burril Crohn
These films were introduced, amongst others, by Carmen McRae and Marian McPartland and featured Helen Humes, Carla Bley and Mary Lou Williams

BILLIE HOLIDAY-COUNT BASIE-SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON
USA 1950 • 15 mins • Directed by Will Cowan

TERESA BREWER AND THE FIREHOUSE FIVE PLUS TWO
USA 1951• 16 mins • Directed by Will Cowan

DOWN BEAT REVIEW
USA 1955 • 30 mins •
with Count Basie, Nat King Cole and Dina Washington

FLAMINGO (ABC)
USA 1947 • ? mins~
Black cast film with Herb Jeffries and Lena Horne

FRENZY (ABC)
USA 1946 •
Black cast short with Herb Jeffries and Dorothy Dandridge

WOODY HERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
USA 1938 • 9mins • Directed by Roy Mack
with vocalist Lee Wiley

ALL COLORED VAUDEVILLE SHOW (ABC)
USA 1935 • 9 mins • Directed by Roy Mack
with Adelaide Hall and the Nicholas Brothers

BUNDLE OF BLUES (ABC)
USA 1933 • 8 mins
with Duke Ellington and Ivy Anderson singing 'Stormy Weather'

Soundies (see shorts page for more info on soundies and snaders)

The INTERNATIONAL SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHM
Jump Children
She’s Crazy With the Heat
That Man of Mine
Just the Thing
Jump Children

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
Cow Cow Boogie
Zoot Suit
A Jig in the jungle

EDNA MAE HARRIS
Tain’t No Good

IVY ANDERSON
I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good

JUNE CHRISTY with Stan Kenton
It’s Been a Long, Long Time
Tampico

LENA HORNE
My New Gown
Unlucky Woman

MAXINE SULLIVAN
A Case of the Blues
Some of these Days

INA RAY HUTTON AND HER MELODEARS
Truckin’
Doing the Suzie Q
She’s the Topic of the Tropids

JUNE RICHMOND
Hey Lawdy Mama
Mr Jackson

RITA RIO AND HER MISTRESSES OF RHYTMN
I Look at You
Flying feet
Sticks and Stones
Feed the Kitty

Snader Telescriptions (see shorts page for more info on soundies and snaders)

PEGGY LEE
I Cover the Waterfront
II Don't know Enough About you
I May be Wrong
I Only Have Eyes For You
What More Can a Woman Do
Why Don’t You Do right

HELEN HUMES
I Cried For You
I Could Be With You

JUNE CHRISTY
He's Funny That Way
Imagination
S’posin’
Taking a Chance on Love
All God's Children Got Rhythm

SARAH VAUGHAN
Perdido
The Nearness of You
These Things I Offer You
You’re Mine, You
You’re Not the Kind

Feature Films

LADY SINGS THE BLUES
USA 1972 • 144 mins • Directed by Sidney Furie
Bio of Billie Holiday with the usual songs

NEW ORLEANS
USA 1947 • 90 mins • Directed by Arthur Lubin
With Armstrong, Barney Bigard, Kid Ory, Woody Herman and Billie Holiday on screen

GOING PLACES
USA 1938 • 84 mins • Directed by Ray Enright
with Armstrong and Maxine Sullivan

PARADISE IN HARLEM (ABC)
USA 1939 • 85 mins • Directed by Joseph Seiden
Features the Luck Millinder Orchestra with Mamie Smith

REMEMBER MY NAME
USA • 1978 • 94 mins • Directed by Alan Rudolph
Soundtrack written and performed by Alberta Hunter with Vic Dickenson (tbn), Bud Johnson( ten) Doc Cheatham (tpt) Connie Kay (drums)

RICHARD III
UK 1995 • 105 mins • Directed by Richard Loncraine
Shakespeare set in a 30's fascist England. Singer Stacy Kent appears with a big band in the opening scene

RIDE' EM COWBOY
USA 1941 • 82mins • Directed by Arthur Lubin
Abbott and Costello comedy with wonderful scene on board a bus with Ella Fitzgerald in her first screen appearance, singing "Ticket a Tasket"

ST. LOUIS BLUES
USA 1958 • 93 mins • Directed by Allen Reisner
The life of W.C. Handy ? with, Ella Fitzgerald and Mahalia Jackson,

ST. LOUIS BLUES
USA 1939 • 90 mins • Directed by Raoul Walsh
Features Maxine Sullivan singing her most popular song Loch Lomond

STORMY WEATHER
USA 1943 • 78 mins • Directed by Andrew Stone
All black musical with Fats Waller, Cab Calloway and Lena Horne