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Similar Movies:

Pete Kelly's Blues

Stormy Weather

Paris à l'aube

The Gene Krupa Story

The Glenn Miller Story

Jimmy McGary: The Best Jazz You Never Heard

Chris Botti in Boston

Keith Jarrett Open Theatre East

Sita Sings the Blues

Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way

Crazy

Space Is the Place

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

John Scofield Uberjam Band Live At The Jazz Fest Sarajevo

Tromba fredda

T-Square Super Band - Concert tour 2008 Final Wonderful Days

Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

Sweet and Lowdown

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

Blues in the Night