In 1949, Sonny-Rett Payne, a jazz pianist, fled New York for Paris to escape both his family\'s disapproval of his music and the racism that shadowed his career.
The Fisher King -- a moving story of jazz, love, family conflict, and the.
The child\'s visit reveals the persistent family and community rivalries that drove his grandfather into exile.
Now, decades later, his eight-year-old grandson is brought to Payne\'s old Brooklyn neighborhood to attend a memorial concert in his honor.
In 1949, Sonny-Rett Payne, a jazz pianist, fled New York for Paris to escape both his family\'s disapproval of his music and the racism that shadowed his career