Movies: Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton
- 1929
Black and Tan (1929)
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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 o...
- 1942
Jam Session (1942)
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Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'....
- 1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
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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 A...