First. This is not a biography in any way. Its not even a docudrama of New Orleans Jazz. Further, most music numbers are played in brief or relegated to the background. Worse for a movie that uses a real musician's name for the title, half the music was created new just for the movie.
This movie makes little sense. At first I thought it was flashbacks until it starts jumping very quickly (2 second snippets) to alternative realities. Its what the writer or director thinks a deranged mind with some experience as a jazz musician might have thoughts of while in a mental hospital. Only about two minutes of the entire movie are based in reality of the nurse at the hospital.
This movie has no cohesive story. No purpose. No value.
One of the Worst movies I've watched in a long time.
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