"Few profile documentaries capture the kind of honesty and intelligence of a person’s very being as this one does." -Bill Arceneaux, Moviegoing with Bill

Winner of 9 "best of" awards at festivals around the world, Sloane: A Jazz Singer follows legendary artist Carol Sloane as she prepares for her final New York performance and looks back on an incredible but mostly unknown career.



In the 1960s, jazz singer Carol Sloane became an overnight sensation. A natural interpreter of the Great American Songbook, she was hailed by Johnny Carson and later the Washington Post as “the greatest living jazz singer.” She performed and toured with some of the biggest names, like Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. She even befriended The Beatles and The Stones. But when the British Invasion of rock swept the country, her rising star faded as quickly as it rose, paving the way for devastating financial and emotional setbacks. And to this day, most people have never heard of Carol Sloane.

Now at 82, she is preparing for one final live recording at New York’s famed Birdland Jazz Club, while looking back on a remarkable career. Through rare archival footage, intimate moments with Sloane, and enlightening commentary from industry leaders, we learn of this singular artist’s adherence to her passion against great odds, and are invited to examine the meaning of success in a world where “art don’t pay.” 

Jazz writer Joe Vanderford recently said Sloane: A Jazz Singer is “a proper couplet to the renowned 20 Feet from Stardom. This film needs to be seen by everyone who loves music – and those who understand the challenges of growing up and growing old...” The film was also called “an invaluable gift” by the New York City Jazz Record, and Boston Jazz Chronicles said “the true summa to [Carol’s] sixty-year career is Michael Lippert’s documentary, Sloane: A Jazz Singer.” 

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Michael Lippert

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