Cast

K
Keith David
as Narrator (voice)
S
Sidney Bechet
as Self (archive footage)
L
Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
D
Duke Ellington
as Self (archive footage)
B
Benny Goodman
as Self (archive footage)
A
Artie Shaw
as Self (archive footage)
B
Billie Holiday
as Self (archive footage)
G
Glenn Miller
as Self (archive footage)
D
Dave Brubeck
as Self (archive footage)
A
Art Tatum
as Self (archive footage)
J
John Coltrane
as Self (archive footage)
A
Art Blakey
as Self (archive footage)
C
Charles Mingus
as Self (archive footage)
W
Wynton Marsalis
as Self
M
Miles Davis
as Self (archive footage)
L
Lester Young
as Self (archive footage)
S
Stanley Crouch
as Self

Crew

K
Ken Burns
Director