Jazz — J.E. Wiseman

Ginger grows up listening to her mother's jazz records and is determined to become a jazz singer and not a frustrated drunk like her mother who gave up her dream to be a singer. She meets Gabe in high school, whose father lets her sing with his trio in a small bar in their hometown. She's encouraged to move to NY where she meets Ben, a jazz pianist, in the Greenwich Village coffee house where they both work, and they become a team as well as lovers. While making a record, she is seduced by Bill, a sax player and decides she wants to be free to have other relationships and risks telling Ben she cheated. He cannot accept this and walks out, forcing Ginger to question what she wants. Torn and confused, she sees an old couple, holding hands, walking in the park. She sees their love, questions her decision and wonders if Ben will be able to forgive her.