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THIS ENGAGING DOCUMENTARY CAPTURES THE LEGENDARY BLUES VOCALIST AND BROADWAY AND FILM STAR ALBERTA HUNTER (1895-1984) WITH A SMALL COMBO AT THE COOKERY IN NEW YORK S GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE EARLY 1980S. THIS PERFORMANCE WAS TAPED DURING HER "COMEBACK," WHICH SHE LAUNCHED AT 82 AFTER HER 20-YEAR RETIREMENT FROM SHOW BUSINESS TO BECOME A REGISTERED NURSE. HUNTER S URBANE, NO-NONSENSE, AND QUICK-AS-A-WIT STAGE DEMEANOR IS FULL OF DOWN-HOME DOUBLE ENTENDRE. SHE REVISITS MANY OF HER CLASSIC JAZZ STANDBYS, INCLUDING "DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL," THE NAUGHTY "HANDY MAN," AND THE BOUNCY TITLE TRACK. NARRATED BY JAZZ PIANIST/EDUCATOR BILLY TAYLOR, MY CASTLE S ROCKIN ALSO FEATURES INTERVIEW CLIPS AND ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS DETAILING HUNTER S CHILDHOOD IN MEMPHIS AND CHICAGO, THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, PAUL ROBESON, AND HER WORK OVERSEAS. ALBERTA HUNTER IS PROOF POSITIVE THAT GOOD JAZZ, LIKE FINE WINE, GETS BETTER WITH AGE. --EUGENE HOLLEY JR.
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