Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocal…

藉由未曾面世的私人录音带和档案影片，引领观众从路易斯阿姆斯壮的视角，洞悉他的人生故事。讲述他如何从音乐巨星成为民权运动家，进而成为世界知名艺人。这部富有启发性的电影，展现出阿姆斯壮鲜为人知的一面。又名：路易斯阿姆斯壮：黑与蓝