Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
He sang with Parker and Mingus. Very few people remembered him. Those that did thought he was dead. But he wasn’t: at least, not until 2004, by which time film-maker and jazz fan Raymond De Felitta had finally tracked him down, and learning that the singer was terminally ill, filmed his last gigs within weeks of his [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
He sang with the greats and was feted by jazz's best-known stars. But what happened to Jackie Paris? Raymond De Felitta tells a story of unfulfilled promise
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Documentary filmmaker Raymond De Felitta embarks on a quest to find out what became of one of the most lauded male jazz singers of the 1950s. Rating:3
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
This week on the Film Weekly podcast , a compelling new documentary, 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris , introduces Jason Solomons to a lost jazz singer - he talks to the film's director Raymond De Felitta about his own journey to rediscover the singer, who was held in the highest esteem by musicians such as Peggy Lee, Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus. Xan Brooks then joins Jason...
