Paris Blues (1960) (Blu-ray & DVD) (UK Import)

Ram Bowen (Paul Newman – The Hustler) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier, In the Heat of the Night) are jazz musicians who live for music. Their Paris is one of underground, smoke-filled Jazz bars and the rain-drenched nocturnal streets of the Left Bank. However, their carefree idyll is disturbed when two American tourists (Joanne Woodward and Diahann Carroll) enter their lives, and against the backdrop of music and moonlight, they find themselves falling in love.
All too soon however, romance is put to the test, as the men find themselves torn between their love for the women, and their passion for music. Featuring the legendary Louis Armstrong as Wild Man Moore, the film’s score by the incomparable Jazz musician Duke Ellington was Oscar nominated in 1962.

Specials

Commentary by Adrian Martin
Stills gallery
Original trailer
Isolated music and effects track
Illustrated booklet with essays by Nicolas Pillai, Rashida Braggs and Philip Kemp, and full film credits

Rezensionen

Lexikon des Int.​Films: "Liebesabenteuer eines Jazzmusikers und seines schwarzen Freundes in Paris.​ Mit der prächtigsten Jam-Session, die Louis Armstrong je auf der Leinwand gegeben hat.​