BIRTH OF THE BLUES/ BLUE SKIES (1941)

Cast

Plot

Birth of the Blues (1941) Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou. Blue Skies (1946) Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers.