 The film's soundtrack includes a number of period songs performed by Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Josephine Baker, Woody Herman, Charlie Parker, Perry Como, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, and Geoffrey Menin among others.The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2002.It opened on five screens in New York City and Los Angeles on April 7 and grossed $38,760 on its opening weekend.