On screen
Cast
27 credited performers
Ray Charles
Self
Dave Brubeck
Self
Clint Eastwood
Self
Cab Calloway
Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
Self (archive footage)
Fats Domino
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Muddy Waters
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
André Previn
Self (archive footage)
Count Basie
Self (archive footage)
Dr. John
Self
Linda Hopkins
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Pete Jolly
Self
Thelonious Monk
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Self (archive footage)
Oscar Peterson
Self (archive footage)
Big Joe Turner
Self (archive footage)
Art Tatum
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Otis Spann
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Pinetop Perkins
Self
Artwork unavailable
Jay McShann
Self
Artwork unavailable
Meade 'Lux' Lewis
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Dorothy Donegan
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Willie Dixon
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Professor Longhair
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Marcia Ball
Self
Artwork unavailable
Albert Ammons
Self (archive footage)