Only through the eyes of those who knew him, this film answers the mystery of what Erroll Garner was really like behind the eternal smile with which he enjoyed and growled at the piano. A self-taught master of melody, with a distinctive style, both rough and warm and lyrical, that combined swing, bop, and impressionism, he was one of the most popular and media-savvy musicians of the 1950s and 1960s, and in the history of jazz. Here, his turbulent private life, his relationship with his domineering manager Martha Glaser, his activism against racial segregation, the story of his never-acknowledged daughter, and his pioneering struggle with record companies for control of his work are explored.

Cast: Ernest McCarty, Gil Noble, Jim Doran, Martha Glaser, Jimmie Smith, Brian Torff, Rosalyn Noisette, Kim Garner, Nils Petter Molvær.