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...
Duke Ellington | himself |
Barney Bigard | himself |
Wellman Braud | himself |
Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton | himself |
Edgar Connor | a piano mover |
Alec Lovejoy | a piano mover |
Fredi Washington | herself |
Arthur Whetsol | a trumpet player |