Inspiring guitarist Rasheed Henderson lives in Harlem in the 50's. He forms a band with his good friends and they get decent pay playing at an Italian restaurant. Rasheed quickly forms a crush on his bosses daughter who he eventually meets and they fall in love. Him and his band then get another job offer from a crazy club owner who's willing to pay them more. They obviously take the generous offer, only they don't know all of the trouble that will come along behind their decision.