Carter’s Way

It’s the peak of Kansas City’s legendary jazz era, 1936. Gangsters rule, the recording industry is booming. There’s a new entertainment called radio and segregation is intense. Brilliant and enigmatic black saxophone artist Oriole Carter doesn’t want his music recorded or broadcast. It’s just his way. But fate pairs him with Eunice Fey, a white singer who’s also the girlfriend of the nightclub’s mobster boss. With its original score, this epic tragedy in jazz builds to a stunning climax.

Directed by the author, Eric Simonson.