Since jazz movies, or movies about jazz musicians, are the current topic of discussions; I'll begin by asking, has anyone seen "Miles Ahead", "Born To Be Blue", about Chet Baker" or "Nina".
Although I haven't seen any of them, I will relay to you what's been said by others. "Nina" it seems isn't Black enough, and that goes for skin color as well as attitude. Zoe Saldana isn't dark enough, and can't sing. (how did she get the part?) Sounds like another flop.
"Born To Be Blue" it seems this is the one movie that got a good rating.
"Ethan Hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend Chet Baker, whose tumultuous life is thrillingly reimagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool. By the 1960s, he was all but washed up, his career and personal life in shambles due to years of heroin addiction. In his innovative anti-biopic, director Robert Budreau zeroes in on Baker's life at a key moment in the 1960s, just as the musician attempts to stage a hard-fought comeback, spurred in part by a passionate romance with a new flame (Carmen Ejogo). Creatively blending fact with fiction and driven by Hawke's virtuoso performance, "Born to Be Blue" unfolds with all the stylistic brio and improvisatory genius of great jazz".
That's a good write up, sounds like a movie worth seeing; Carmen Ejogo certainly makes a pretty picture.
There it is folks, now you can add your two or three cents worth.
Enjoy the music.
