Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton Trailers
Jam Session TrailerSymphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life TrailerBlack and Tan Trailer
Jam Session TrailerSymphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life TrailerBlack and Tan Trailer
Total trailers found: 3
12 September 1935
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing his symphonic jazz piece “A Rhapsody of Negro Life” set to scenes of everyday African American life.
08 December 1929
Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington, from working with heart trouble even though it means work for his band.