Sloane: A Jazz Singer
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Virtual
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Available until
Oct 02, 2025
Speakers Available
Available in
Worldwide
About the film
In this multi-award-winning portrait of artistic resilience, singing legend Carol Sloane prepares at age 82 for one final live recording in New York, while reflecting on an extraordinary but mostly unknown career involving everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to The Beatles.
SLOANE has won 12 "best documentary" awards, overwhelming critical acclaim, and has screened all over the world, from Palm Springs to Cannes 2024. Michael Feinstein, one of the leading authorities on The Great American Songbook, has called the film "a superior musical tour de force and virtual shot in the arm, documenting not only Carol’s career through her emotional story, but also brilliantly encapsulating a history of popular music through changing times and passing fancies."
Go to sloanefilm.com for more info.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 36m
Released
2024
Director
Michael Lippert
Producer
Georgann Eubanks, Donna Campbell
Executive Producer
Michael Lippert, Stephen Barefoot, L. Taylor Arnold
Crew
Donald R. Monroe
Cast
Carol Sloane, Catherine Russell, Mike Renzi, Bill Charlap, Natalie Douglas, Gianni Valenti, John Brown, Dan Morgenstern, Michael Weaver, Daryl Sherman
Awards & recognition
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
Santa Fe Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
Chain Film Festival (NYC)
Best of Fest
Newburyport Film Festival
Best New England Film
Manhattan Film Festival
Best Documentary
NH Docs
Best Editing
Lonely Seal International Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary
Durham Region International Film Festival
Best Documentary
Buffalo Roots Film Festival (Rome, Italy)
Best Documentary Feature
Beaufort Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary
Imaginarium Convention
Best Feature Documentary
Chain Film Festival (NYC)
Best Feature Documentary
What people are saying
‘“Twelve Films to See at Cinequest... Sloane’s reflections and affable presence make this documentary sparkle and shine like a diamond, so much in fact that it makes the film’s final moments all that more poignant and moving.”‘
Randy Myers
‘“Few profile documentaries capture the kind of honesty and intelligence of a person’s very being as this one, and it does it well. Incredibly well, even. To leave this world by singing on your way out... that’s beautiful.”‘
Bill Arceneaux
‘‘Sloane: A Jazz Singer’, Screening At Cannes Elevates Brilliant Vocalist To Rightful Place In Music History‘
Matthew Carey
‘“Unflinching honesty... uncovers a tough yet tender woman who is impossible not to love.... An Invaluable gift.”‘
Ori Dagan
The New York City Jazz Record
‘“A labor of love by director Michael Lippert.”‘
Ted Panken
Downbeat Magazine