Duke Ellington singing “Hot Chocolate (Cottontail)” at the Orpheum Theater. Orpheum at night. Advertising poster CU. Orchestra inside with staff and note decorations. CU Ellington plays piano. Saxophone CU. Two young women dance. Full orchestra shot. CU microphone dissolves into bell of brass instrument. CU officer and audience. Couple dancing jive. CU trumpeter. Full band. Camera cuts between crowd jiving and shots of the brass band; full band, trumpet section, trombone section, Ellington. The crowd performs choreographed jive.