Black and Tan

Movie · 0h 19m

Starring Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Wellman Braud, Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton

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. Sure enough, she collapses on stage...