American Blue Note

Plot

American Blue Note concentrates on a Manhattan jazz quintet. Peter MacNichol, Carl Capotorto, Tim Guinee, Bill Christopher-Myers and Jonathan Walker play the five musicians, each with individual crosses to bear. Allotting themselves one year to get booked into a major jazz club or else they'll split, the quintet performs a lot of nickel-and-dime gigs in the meantime. But only one of the five makes it to the band's "Valhalla." Louis Guss, Zohra Lampert and Trini Alvarado appear in peripheral roles. Filmed in 1989, the independently produced American Blue Note didn't get a distributor until 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Peter MacNicol - Jack Solow
• Carl Caportoto - Jerry
• Tim Guinee - Bobby
• Bill Christopher-Myers - Lee
• Jonathan Walker - Tommy

Charlotte D'amboise - Benita; Louis Guss - Abe Katz; Zohra Lampert - Louise; Margaret Devine - Sharon; Trini Alvarado - Lorraine; Eddie Jones - Sean Katz; Sam Behrens - Nat Joy; Maury Cooper - Popi; Mel Johnson, Jr. - Ron; Roma Maffia - Marie; James Puig - Jimmy; Jeff Weiss - Uncle Leon

Credit

Katherine Fredericks - Art Director, Gilbert Girion - Associate Producer, Bill Hart - Associate Producer, Nina Canter - Costume Designer, Ralph Toporoff - Director, Jack Haigis - Editor, Larry Schanker - Composer (Music Score), Charles Lagola - Production Designer, Joey Forsyte - Cinematographer, Ralph Toporoff - Producer, Gilbert Girion - Screenwriter

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