Too Late Blues

Pianist "Ghost" (Bobby Darin) and combo (Cliff Carnell as Charlie) greeted by Baby (Rupert Crosse, from the director's Shadows, 1959), discovering singer Jess (Stella Stevens), teased by vocalese artist Slim Gaillard, in John Cassavetes' first Hollywood feature, Too Late Blues, 1961.

Unorthodox and intense, as you’d expect from John Cassavetes, writing and directing his first Hollywood feature, Bobby Darin as jazz man “Ghost,” asserting some rectitude at the end of his first evening with singer Jess (Stella Stevens), in Too Late Blues, 1961.

Bobby Darin looks comfortable on piano, the director’s pal Seymour Cassel on bass, with Cliff Carnell mimicking alto, benefitting from a recording by Benny Carter, tune by David Raksin, opening John Cassavetes’ first Hollywood feature, which he also co-wrote, Too Late Blues, 1961.