On screen
Cast
36 credited performers
Louis Armstrong
Self
Mahalia Jackson
Self
Gerry Mulligan
Self
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Dinah Washington
Self
Chico Hamilton
Self
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Anita O'Day
Self
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George Shearing
Self
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Jimmy Giuffre
Self
Chuck Berry
Self
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Jack Teagarden
Self
Thelonious Monk
Self
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Big Maybelle
Self
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Sonny Stitt
Self
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Eli's Chosen Six
Self
David Bailie
Self
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Danny Barcelona
Self
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Bob Brookmeyer
Self
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Buck Clayton
Self
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Bill Crow
Self
Eric Dolphy
Self
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Art Farmer
Self
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Harold Gaylor
Self
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Nathan Gershman
Self
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Terri Gibbs
Self
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Urbie Green
Self
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Henry Grimes
Self
Jim Hall
Self
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Peanuts Hucko
Self
Jo Jones
Self
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Ray Mosca
Self
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Armando Peraza
Self
Max Roach
Self
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Rudy Rutherford
Self
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Sal Salvador
Self
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Willis Conover
Interviewer
Artwork unavailable
Patricia Bosworth
Woman in Audience (uncredited)