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Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie) from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer, from New Orleans, and Johnny Schumacher, in which they share and argue over musical ideas ensues. DVD FEATURES: New 2K restoration from Archival 35MM Fine Grain Master struck by the Library of Congress from the nitrate negative; 2015 re-release Trailer;

PLUS Nine short jazz films:
o SYMPHONY IN BLACK (1935 w/ Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday) (9:36)
o RHAPSODY IN BLACK AND BLUE (1932, w/ Louis Armstrong) (10:00)
o ST. LOUIS BLUES (1929, w/ Bessie Smith) (15:41)
o CAB CALLOWAY S HI DE HO (1933) (10:00)
o BUNDLE OF BLUES (1933, w/ Duke Ellington) (9:00)
o HOAGY CARMICHAEL (1939, w/ Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Teagarden) (10:00)
o ARTIE SHAW'S CLASS IN SWING (1939, w/ Artie Shaw) (10:00)
o JAZZ A LA CUBA (1933, w/ Don Aspiazu) (5:19)
o BLACK AND TAN FANTASY(1929, w/ Duke Ellington and Fredi Washington) (19:00)