
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)