Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.
Birth of the Blues has generally received positive reviews.
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Birth of the Blues was released in 1941 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving Birth of the Blues (1941) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Birth of the Blues a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 63%, Birth of the Blues is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1941, which stands at 63%.
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