Wild Man Blues is a 1998 documentary film

Documentary film

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 directed by Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple is an American film director, primarily known for her work in documentary film.-Biography:She grew up in Scarsdale, New York, the daughter of a textile executive and studied psychology at Northeastern University, after which she worked with the Maysles Brothers.Kopple has won two...

, about the musical avocation

Avocation

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 of actor/director/comic Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...

. The film takes its name from a jazz

Jazz

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 composition sometimes attributed to Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....

 and sometimes to Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

 and recorded by both (among others). Allen's love of early 20th century New Orleans music is depicted through his 1996 tour of Europe with his New Orleans Jazz Band. Allen has played clarinet with this band for over 25 years.

Although Allen's European tour is the film's primary focus, it was also notable as the first major public showcase for Allen's relationship with Soon-Yi Previn

Soon-Yi Previn

Soon-Yi Previn or Soon-Yi Farrow is an American actress and wife of film director Woody Allen.-Early life and adoption:...

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Formats published

A DVD of Woody Allen's 1996 European tour with his New Orleans Jazz Band, entitled "Woody Allen Wild Man Blues", is available under the Alliance Atlantis label.

• The film soundtrack
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   available on RCA
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   Compact Disc
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External links

• Wild Man Blues at the Internet Movie Database
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