Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton

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• Movie

  Music

  The Duke Ellington Orchestra performs 'C Jam Blues'.

  Jam Session

  1942

• Movie6.8

  MusicDrama

  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.

  Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

  1935 · 18 votes

• Movie6.3

  MusicDrama

  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...

  Black and Tan

  1929 · 36 votes