Various Artists

This extraordinary two-volume DVD collection features the most important and influential jazz vocalists in the history of the idiom, including such legendary artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne and Nina Simone, among others. These rare DVD recordings showcase the great ladies of jazz at the height of their considerable talents, performing the finest works from their stellar repertoire. Whether it be the ebullient joy of Ella Fitzgerald, the visceral power of Billie Holiday, the vocal pyrotechnics of Sarah Vaughan or the tempered sensuality of Carmen McRae, these DVDs uncover the individual brilliance, and unique style of each of the great divas of jazz without any speakers or introducers...Nothing but music!

ELLA FITZGERALD
01. A Tisket, A Tasket
02. Imagination
03. Oh Lady Be Good

SARAH VAUGHAN
04. You're Mine, You!
05. The Nearness Of You
06. You're Not The Kind
07. Perdido
08. Misty (1959)
09. Somewhere Over The Rainbow

CARMEN Mc RAE
10. Trouble Is A Man
11. If You Never Fall In Love With Me
12. Round Midnight
13. Love For Sale

JUNE CHRISTY
14. Just a Sittin' And Rockin'
15. He's Funny That Way
16. Takin' A Chance On Love

PEGGY LEE
17. Why Don't You Do It Right
18. I Cover The Waterfront

LENA HORNE
19. Born On Friday
20. Stormy Weather

HELEN HUMES
21. Hey Baba Leba

Total time: 68 min. approx.