One of Lowry's favourite piano pieces used thematically throughout his film script of Fitzgerald's Tender Is The Night.

'For No Reason At All In "C"' – Trum, Bix and Eddie

By Frankie Trumbauer (1900-56). Recorded in New York, 13 May 1927 (Lowry's Friday 13th date is correct) by Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody sax), Bix Beiderbecke (piano), Eddie Lang (guitar); Parlophone R 3419, Columbia LP CL845 (Details from James Doyle).

Above: Bix Beiderbecke.

Above left: Joe Venuti, 1930s | Above right: Eddie Lang

Joe Venuti (violin) and Eddie Lang (guitar) play 'Wildcat' in this rare video fragment (direct YouTube link here).

Above: Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra, 1925. Left to right: Ray Thurston, Marty Livingston, Pee Wee Russell, Frankie Trumbauer, Dee Orr, Bix Beiderbecke, Bud Hassler, Louis Feldman, Dan Gaebe, Wayne Jacobson.

'Singin' The Blues' – Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra

Recorded New York. February 4th 1927 with Bix Beiderbecke (cornet), Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody sax), Miff Mole (trombone), Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet), Doc Ryker (alto sax), Itzi Riskin (piano), Eddie Lang (guitar), Chauncy Morehouse (drums). Parlophone R 3323; Columbia LP Cl845 (details from James Doyle).

'Trumbology' – Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra

'St. Louis Blues' – Louis Armstrong

A jazz piece published in 1914 by "the father of the blues" W. C. Handy (1873-1958), best known in this renditon by Louis Armstrong.

'St. Louis Blues' – Django Reinhardt

'Nuages' – Django Reinhardt (guitar) & Hubert Rostaign (clarinet)

As well as his swing, Reinhardt also had the ability to express an immense sense of romanticism in his playing. Nowhere is his romantic streak broader as when he and clarinetist Hubert Rostaign put together the above version of Reinhardt's "Nuages" (1939).

Left: Django Reinhardt.