Barney Bigard

Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can't stay away from the music of the streets and workers. After he writes a theme song for a local politician, Gogo, a speakeasy singer, convinces Will to be her accompanist. Will is estranged from his father for many years while he writes and publishes many blues songs. At last the family is reunited when Gogo brings them to New York to see Will's music played by a symphony orchestra.

若きトロンボーン奏者、グレン・ミラーは常に新しいサウンドを目指していた。名門楽団に参加したものの、編曲に専念するために退団。彼の音楽に転機をもたらしたのは最愛なる妻ヘレンだった。彼女の助言で自分の楽団を結成し、やがて空前の人気と名声を得る。しかし第二次世界大戦が始まると空軍に志願入隊。1944年暮れ、グレン・ミラーを乗せた飛行機は英仏海峡で消息を絶つのだった・・・。 ジェームス・スチュアート、ジューン・アリスン演じる夫婦の愛と絆を数々のヒットナンバーが彩る、感動の音楽映画！

Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.

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.

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...