Is That All There Is? Remembering Peggy Lee, which stars the acclaimed young jazz singer Jane Monheit, is a portrait of the legendary pop-jazz seductress who gave the world “Fever”—not to mention “I’m a Woman,” “Why Don’t You Do Right,” and the show’s fabled, Grammy-winning title song. James Gavin, author of a celebrated 2014 biography of Lee, narrates the strange and compelling story of a North Dakota prairie girl who became one of the most beloved and mysterious popular singers America has ever produced. Lee herself appears throughout, in rare video and striking images. Lee’s fans have included Madonna, Beyoncé, the Beatles, and Dusty Springfield; her voice is heard regularly on commercials and on film and TV soundtracks—notably on Mad Men, where “Is That All There Is?” drew Season 7 to a haunting close.

 

 

In 2000, at the age of 22, JANE MONHEIT burst upon the jazz vocal scene and became an instant star. Down Beat has pronounced her “one of the most accomplished jazz singers of her generation.” Monheit’s lustrous, pitch-perfect voice, stunning improvisatory flights, and openhearted emotion have been heard on ten CDs and two DVDs; at the most prestigious jazz clubs and concert halls in the world; on Today, The View, and Late Night with David Letterman; and at the White House.

JAMES GAVIN’s 2014 biography Is That All There Is? The Strange Life of Peggy Lee was called “fascinating” and “suspenseful” by the New York Times. Termed “a killer biographer” by the Hollywood Reporter, Gavin has also written acclaimed books about Lena Horne and Chet Baker; his Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret won ASCAP’s prestigious Deems Taylor Award. His journalism has appeared in the Times, Vanity Fair, and Time Out New York.