The Quintessential Peggy Lee
by Gary Halvorson
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Actor: Peggy LeeDirector: Gary Halvorson
Brand: MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS
Cinematographer: Steve Joester
Producer: John Goberman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 57 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: White Star
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- Peggy Lee was one of the most perennially popular singers of her generation. Called "pure elegance and charm" by Frank Sinatra, she was known for her smoky voice and sultry tunes. In this unforgettable concert, Peggy performs the "classic" repertoire from her early days with Benny Goodman and favorite hits from the '50s and '60s, as well as more recent songs. Includes 'S Wonderful, Is
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Movie Review: AN EXHILERATING DELIGHT
Summary: 5 Stars
This 'club date', recorded in its entirety in the early 1980s, is an important document of a seminal figure in American music, the divine Peggy Lee. Although just a few years past the time when her voice could shine with that famous crispness and clarity, and before the time when her health problems caused her voice to shrink to a whisper, here she is still at the top of her game, and her musicianship is undiminished.
This woman literally lived to make music, and the combo that backs her up obviously love collaborating with her. She looks great, never misses a beat or an inflection, and has the audience (and us) right in the palm of her hand. And the musicianship of everyone concerned here is dazzling. If you love Peggy Lee as I do, you must own this disc. A friend came over for dinner last night and we watched it afterward. He was transfixed, blown away.
Along with Ella Fitzgerald and maybe Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee just may be the greatest female singer of them all. Her subtlety is unmatched. For Ella, the words were almost beside the point (a songwriter once remarked, "Why bother writing lyrics when Ella does so well without them?"). But for Peggy Lee, the words and the music are inseparable. She takes you to the inner core of a song like nobody else, and always leaves a touch of mystery, never overstating the case.
A delight, a treasure,in every way. The disc is one of the jewels in my collection.
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