Musician
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.
Barney Bigard
Великолепный музыкальный фильм – биография, в котором Гленн Миллер и его биг-бенд вновь исполнят для вас свои бесподобные хиты. Захватывающая картина, посвященная легендарному американскому музыканту, рассказывает о его восхождении в начале сороковых годов XX века от бедности и безвестности к славе и богатству. В фильме играют великие Джимми Стюарт и Джун Эллисон, звучит оригинальная музыка Миллера в исполнении оркестра Гленна Миллера и таких выдающихся музыкантов, как Луи Армстронг, Джин Крупа, Фрэнсис Лэнгфорд и The Modernaries. Дополняют великолепный состав исполнителей любимцы публики – Генри Морган (M*A*S*H), Чарльз Дрейк и Джордж Тобиас. Благодаря дирижерскому искусству Энтони Мана динамический свинг Гленна Миллера оживает вновь!
Self - Tenor sax
Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.
Self - Clarinet (uncredited)
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.
Band Member - Clarinet Player
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...
