"The Queen's Suite" - A young Jazz musician's dream to play to the Queen of England.

What is the Queen's Suite?

The Queen's Suite is a documentary which tells the story of Peter Edwards, one of England's most promising jazz arrangers, as he tries to achieve his dream of playing Duke Ellington's Queen's Suite(written for her in 1959) to the Queen of England, at the centre of London's cultural quarter, the South Bank.

The documentary follows Peter as he scores Ellington's work, puts together his orchestra, rehearses them and negotiates with Buckingham Palace.

Does the Queen attend the performance? The documentary provides a unique and intimate insight into the background and career of an exceptional jazz arranger and musician. It has an original live soundtrack performed by Tomorrow's Warriors Jazz Orchestra.

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