6/25/2023 0 Comments Adam ferguson when money dies![]() After Claudia has left him, Adam makes one last attempt to play his trumpet-at a casino where Willie is appearing. When Vincent is unmercifully beaten up by three white youths, Adam stands helplessly by, stunned by the injustice and violence that seem to plague his life. Claudia goes along and is happy to see that Adam is trying to control both his temper and his drinking. With Vincent, a young musician, as the only white member of his troupe, Adam reluctantly accepts. In trouble because of the Cincinnati walkout, Adam is now forced to grovel before a ruthless agent, Manny, who sadistically offers him a tour of one-nighters in the segregated South. ![]() Despite Adam's heavy drinking and bad temper, Claudia comes to understand him, and eventually she falls in love with him. Claudia's grandfather explains that Adam is guilt-ridden because he feels responsible for the death of his wife and child in a car accident 10 years earlier. ![]() Intrigued by the young woman, Adam flirts with her but is rejected. ![]() Returning to New York City, Adam finds that his best friend, Nelson Davis, has lent his apartment to Willie "Sweet Daddy" Ferguson and his granddaughter, Claudia, a civil rights activist. Black trumpet player Adam Johnson stalks off a Cincinnati bandstand when a white patron heckles him. ![]()
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