Black and Tan (1929)
Duke Ellington in a jazz musical short with a tragic plotline
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
Duke Ellington plays his symphonic jazz piece A Rhapsody of Negro Life with his orchestra against slice of life background scenes The four movements 1 The Laborers, 2 A Triangle Dance, Jealousy, Blues, 3 A Hymn of Sorrow