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The Melrose Jazz Club
- Bob Bland
- Available
- No Agent
- Drama
- Scouted
- 77.7
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ManagerThe Robb Company (Sherry Robb)
When a gifted but emotionally detached jazz pianist, prepping for a national competition, decides to conceal that he has a career-ending degenerative disease, he is forced to teach improv to a stand-in, a strictly trained classical woman who, in turn, schools him on how to use the collaborative nature of jazz to manage his illness.
Facing a debilitating diagnosis of MS, a brilliant and ambitious jazz pianist takes a similarly talented but shy young woman with a history of domestic abuse under his wing, teaching her jazz all while falling in love with her.
A young jazz pianist is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and must look for a supplemental player for his band if he stands any chance of beating his ex-best friend and rival musician at an upcoming jazz competition. When he unexpectedly comes across a talented self-taught pianist working as a waitress, she’s reluctant to join his band, scared of the abusive husband from whom she fled, so the pianist attempts to sway her through lessons and writing sessions that eventually develop into a romance.
A talented jazz pianist diagnosed with MS is forced to look for a fill-in pianist while keeping his illness from his band. A young woman on the run from an abusive husband has strong potential to be the player he seeks, but her fears and hesitations and his secrets stand in the way of them working together.
Film
Drama, Romance, Music, Feel Good/Uplifting, Behind The Scenes, Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Competition, Divorce, Heartwarming, Relationship, Rivalry
113
PG-13
Low
M
Other
33
Attractive
La La Land, Born To Be Blue, Rules Don't Apply, Walk the Line
2000/ Several Months.
100% Los Angeles including a diner, several jazz clubs, a hospital, a doctor's office, several homes and apartments, a motel, a courtroom, several cars, and various city streets
GEORGE (33), a talented but struggling jazz pianist experiences tensions over writing credits with his bandmate, the morally dubious and unapologetic SPEEDY (34). After George realizes that Speedy has sabotaged his chances for a showcase at the Kennedy center, he confides in his other bandmate BYRD (30’s) and their fried RITA (37), a waitress at the diner where they hang out.
Meanwhile, JAMES (30’s) hits his wife FRANCINE (24) for the last time because she packs up and escapes as he destroys her beloved piano. At a performance contest, George and Speedy’s group wins, but Speedy is not happy with being upstaged by George. George and Byrd quit and vow to form their own group, and to win a big contest next year that could give them their big break. As they practice, George starts to experience strange cramps in his hands. The group learns that Speedy owns the legal rights to all the music they once wrote together.
Francine ends up at the diner and the instantly friendly Rita gives her a job as a waitress. George continues to mess up due to pain in his hands. Byrd urges him to see a doctor and George resists. George sees Francine in the...
Meanwhile, JAMES (30’s) hits his wife FRANCINE (24) for the last time because she packs up and escapes as he destroys her beloved piano. At a performance contest, George and Speedy’s group wins, but Speedy is not happy with being upstaged by George. George and Byrd quit and vow to form their own group, and to win a big contest next year that could give them their big break. As they practice, George starts to experience strange cramps in his hands. The group learns that Speedy owns the legal rights to all the music they once wrote together.
Francine ends up at the diner and the instantly friendly Rita gives her a job as a waitress. George continues to mess up due to pain in his hands. Byrd urges him to see a doctor and George resists. George sees Francine in the...