Description
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...
Casts:
Duke Ellington
Barney Bigard
Wellman Braud
Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton
Edgar Connor
Alec Lovejoy
Fredi Washington
Arthur Whetsol