Whitehead, Kevin - Play the Way You Feel

A guide to and history of movies that tell stories about jazz, Play the Way You Feel looks at how on-screen depictions compare to the real thing, and at the often inventive ways these stories are told.

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Prologue: The I Got Rhythm of Jazz Movies 1927 & 1946
Chapter One: Duke's Day & First Features 1929-1940
Chapter Two: Origin Stories 1941-1947
Chapter Three: Bands of Brothers 1941-1948
Chapter Four: Young Men with Horns-the Jazz Biopic's Golden Age 1950-1959
Chapter Five: The Jazz Musician (and Fan) as Character 1951-1961
Chapter Six: Independents in Black & White 1961-1967
Chapter Seven: Spectacles 1972-1984
Chapter Eight: Suffering Artists 1984-1989
Chapter Nine: Young Lions & Historical Fictions 1990-2000
Chapter Ten: The Jazz Musician (and Fan) as Character 1959-2016
Chapter Eleven: Movies within Movies & New Orleans Comes Back 2008-2019
Postscript: Print the Legend
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index