Full Cast & Crew

Cast(in credits order) verified as complete  

• 
  Louis Armstrong
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Nas
  ...
  Self
• 
  Wynton Marsalis
  ...
  Self
• 
  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Orson Welles
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Archie Shepp
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 
  Count Basie
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 
  Lucille Armstrong
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 
  Dan Morganstern
  ...
  Self
• 
  Steve Allen
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 
  Edward R. Marrow
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Danny Baker
  ...
  Self- Voice
• 
  George Jones
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 
  Mike Douglas
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Jelly Roll Morton
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 
  James Baldwin
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Jimi Hendrix
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Dick Cavett
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Tommy Rockwell
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Ray Charles
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Sam Cooke
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  James Brown
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  John Lennon
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Paul McCartney
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  George Harrison
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Ringo Starr
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Leonard Bernstein
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Al Capone
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Ed Sullivan
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Martin Luther King Jr.
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  James Stewart
  ...
  Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
• 
  Bing Crosby
  ...
  Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
• 
  Barbra Streisand
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Miles Davis
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 
  Slim Thompson
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)
• 
  Ossie Davis
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Sammy Davis Jr.
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  John F. Kennedy
  ...
  Self (archive footage)
• 
  Walter Cronkite
  ...
  Self (voice) (archive sound)