Loring"Red"Nicholsisacornet-playingcountryboywhogoestoNewYorkinthe1920sfullofmusicalambitionandprinciples.HegetsajobplayinginWilParadisesband,butquitstopursuehisdreamofplayingDixielandjazz.Heformsthe"FivePennies"whichfeatureshiswife,Bobbie,asvocalist.Atthepeakofhisfame,RedandBobbiesdaughter,Dorothy,developspolio...