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Don WasSelf
Herbie HancockSelfLou DonaldsonSelf
Wayne ShorterSelf
Norah JonesSelf
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Art BlakeySelf (archive footage)Clifford BrownSelf (archive footage)
John ColtraneSelf (archive footage)
Miles DavisSelf (archive footage)
Kendrick LamarSelf (voice)Meade 'Lux' LewisSelf (archive footage)Alfred LionSelf (voice) (archive footage)Bruce LundvallSelf (archive footage)
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