On screen
Cast
22 credited performers
Artwork unavailable
Richard 'Pistol' Allen
Self
Jack Ashford
Self
Bob Babbitt
Self
Benny 'Papa Zita' Benjamin
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown
Self (archive footage)
Bootsy Collins
Self
Artwork unavailable
Johnny Griffith
Self
Ben Harper
Self
Artwork unavailable
Joe Hunter
Self
James Jamerson
Self (archive footage)
Uriel Jones
Self
Montell Jordan
Self
Chaka Khan
Self
Gerald Levert
Self
Joe Messina
Self
Meshell Ndegeocello
Self
Artwork unavailable
Joan Osborne
Self
Artwork unavailable
Rudy Robinson
Self
Artwork unavailable
James Jamerson Jr.
Self
Artwork unavailable
Paul Riser
Self
Andre Braugher
Narrator (voice)
Gary Bosek
Young Bob Babbitt