American Blue Note

American Blue Note is a 1989 drama film directed by Ralph Toporoff, who wrote the screenplay with Gilbert Girion. It stars Peter MacNicol, Carl Capotorto, Tim Guinee, Jonathan Walker, Bill Christopher-Myers, and Eddie Jones. Filmed in 1989, the independently produced film didn't get a distributor until 1991.^[1]

American Blue Note
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ralph Toporoff
Screenplay by	Gilbert Girion Ralph Toporoff
Story by	Gilbert Girion Ralph Toporoff
Starring	Peter MacNicol Carl Capotorto Tim Guinee Bill Christopher-Myers Jonathan Walker Eddie Jones
Cinematography	Joey Forsyte
Edited by	Jack Haigis
Music by	Larry Schanker
Production companies	Fakebook Manley Productions Vested Interest
Distributed by	Panorama Entertainment Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release dates	1989 (1989) (Boston Film Festival) March 29, 1991 (1991-03-29) (wide)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

The film follows a group of jazz musicians in the 1960s who play in small clubs and face constant financial hardships. Of the group, only one of them will go on to achieve success.

Principal cast

Actor	Role
Peter MacNicol	Jack Solow
Carl Capotorto	Jerry
Tim Guinee	Bobby
Bill Christopher-Myers	Lee
Jonathan Walker	Tommy
Margaret Devine	Sharon
Trini Alvarado	Lorraine
Eddie Jones	Sean Katz
Zohra Lampert	Louise
Sam Behrens	Nat Joy
Mel Johnson Jr.	Ron