The renowned Lighthouse Café was the premiere jazz club in the Los Angeles area during the post WW II era of the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Through numerous interviews, archival photos, music and rare video clips, this unique film tells the story of the Lighthouse and two men of very different backgrounds and personalities who brought the club and their band, 'The Lighthouse All-Stars', to the point of gaining world-wide fame. Along the way, major obstacles were overcome to create the club's success. This was the historic beginning of “modern” jazz on the west coast.

In April 2005, the film had its World Premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Since then, the film has shown in more than a dozen international film and jazz festivals and was the featured film at the 2006 Monterey Jazz Festival and was presented at the 2007 Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

79 minutes - Bonus interview with Howard Rumsey: 60 minutes