An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

Two musical brothers look for love, only to have their quest end in tragedy for one.

A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Nagashima is a playboy who refuses to be tied down by marriage. Suffering from insomnia recently, he is eager to find a glamorous girl who can make him fall asleep. He leaves his tiresome girlfriend Mari, and soon finds himself trapped in dangerous triple liaisons involving two nightclub hostesses and a dewy-eyed girl. When all three of them start pestering him about marriage, Nagashima makes up his mind to flee…

A young unemployed saxophone player Boki is pursued by debt collector agency, whose secretary tries to save him. Having reached his dead end, the racketeers give him a twelve hours deadline to find the money. He calls everyone he could remember and unsuccessfully begs for help. The time inevitably runs...

A little girl and her inventor father celebrate the success of their greatest dream, on a day she will never forget.

Biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki.

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.

An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.

Call it jazz, funk, soul, what you will the essence of music is communication between an artist and their audience. So when Candy Dulfer, the queen of the alto sax, invites the crowd at the 2002 Montreux Jazz Festival to "invade my personal space" and approach the stage, the message is clear it's going to be an intimate evening. A boisterous one at times, too, as the Stravinsky Auditorium is transformed into an after-hours club where the music and dancing just doesn't stop.