Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton
Actor
Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton appears in 3 titles on CineTonight, including Jam Session and Black and Tan. Known on screen for roles such as Band Member -Trombone Player.
3Titles
1929Earliest
6.5Avg. rating
IndiaBased in
Known For
6.3Jam Session
1942 6.3
Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.
Jam Session
1942
6.3Black and Tan
1929 6.3
Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington, from working with heart trouble even though it means work for his band. Sure enough, she collapses on stage...
Black and Tan
1929
6.8Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935 6.8
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing his symphonic jazz piece “A Rhapsody of Negro Life” set to scenes of everyday African American life.
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935