Loring"Red"Nicholsisacornet-playingcountryboywhogoestoNewYorkinthe1920sfullofmusicalambitionandprinciples.HegetsajobplayinginWilParadise'sband,butquitstopursuehisdreamofplayingDixielandjazz.Heformsthe"FivePennies"whichfeatureshiswife,Bobbie,asvocalist.Atthepeakofhisfame,RedandBobbie'sdaughter,Dorothy,developspolio...
