MOVIE: Symphony In Black

MOVIE: Symphony In Black

(1935) Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker. Ellington plays his symphonic jazz piece ('A Rhapsody of Negro Life') with his orchestra against slice-of-life background scenes. The four movements: 1) The Laborers, 2) A Triangle: Dance, Jealousy, Blues, 3) A Hymn of Sorrow, 4) Harlem Rhythm.