In the 30s, the outcast orphan Rick Martin is raised by his daughter without any care or love. One day, he overhears a song in a mission and owner of absolute pitch, he is capable to play it on the piano. When he sees a trumpet in a pawnshop, he falls in love with the instrument and works to raise the necessary money to buy it. One day, he meets the legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard and Rick becomes his protégée. Art teaches how to play trumpet to Rick that becomes a well succeeded but rebel trumpeter. Along his career, Rick Martin's friends are Art Hazzard, the piano player Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby and the singer Jo Jordan and becomes the star of his orchestra. When Jo introduces her friend Amy North, who is a medical student that loves to experience new sensations, Rick falls in love with her in the beginning of his downfall.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil