Evan Horne, formerly one of America's brightest jazz pianists, was involved in a car accident that left him with an injured hand and no career. He didn't think things could get worse--until his ex-wife, Sharon, who now lives with his former boss, Lonnie Cole, pleads for his help in a blackmail plot against Cole. Suddenly Evan is carrying a million dollars of cash into a deadly L.A. jam session that plays to a tune of violence and extortion.