Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.
as Jeff Lambert
as Betty Lou Cobb
as Memphis
as Aunt Phoebe Cobb
as Louey
as Blackie
as Limpy
as Wolf
as Ruby
as Pepper
as Deek
as Suds
as Leo
as Henri Lambert
as Piano Player
as Skeeter, Barbershop Musician
as Maizie
as Granet
as Jeff as a Boy
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
as Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
as Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
