The music of Duke Ellington is given a film treatment by Martin Ritt
with Paul Newman as the trombone-playing composer,
Sidney Poitier as his best friend/sax player, Joanne Woodward as
Newman's love interest, Dianne Carroll as the conscious black chick for
Poitier and Louis Armstrong as himself. There are also a
couple of good supporting performances from Barbara Laage and André Luguet.
