خلاصه داستان : زندگی پر دردسر و حرفه موسیقی دان موسیقی جاز چارلی "پرنده" پارکر (فارست ویتاکر).

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

خلاصه داستان : گلن هولاند مرد موسیقی‌دانی است که می خواهد لااقل یک قطعه موسیقی ماندگار و پرمعنا از خود بر جای بگذارد. اما با کار کردن روی قطعات موسیقی خودش و در همان حال نواختن موسیقی در رستوران هتل ها، زندگی اش نمی گذرد؛ به همین جهت با اکراه شغل تدریس موسیقی را قبول می کند اما...

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.