Jazz and blues are probably the two types of music that are truly native to the United States, at least since the US got established. Due to the racism here, both types of music found larger audiences outside the country (note how it was often British rock bands who reintroduced US audiences to the blues singers previously ignored in the US).
Bertrand Tavernier's Oscar-winning "Round Midnight" is a fictionalized look at a bebop musician seeking his fortune in 1950s Paris. It looks like a hard life. This is the sort of deliberately slow-moving picture that will appeal to jazz fans more than anyone. The music is among the best that cinema has to offer. Not a masterpiece, but you gotta love the soundtrack. Watch the movie for that, if nothing else.
Bertrand Tavernier's Oscar-winning "Round Midnight" is a fictionalized look at a bebop musician seeking his fortune in 1950s Paris. It looks like a hard life. This is the sort of deliberately slow-moving picture that will appeal to jazz fans more than anyone. The music is among the best that cinema has to offer. Not a masterpiece, but you gotta love the soundtrack. Watch the movie for that, if nothing else.