Kadro (16)
Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)
Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
Louis JordanSelf (archive footage)
Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
Bill RobinsonSelf (archive footage)
Nat King ColeSelf (archive footage)
Lena HorneSelf (archive footage)
Charlie ParkerSelf (archive footage)
Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage)
Count BasieSelf (archive footage)
Fats WallerSelf (archive footage)Fletcher HendersonSelf (archive footage)Sidney BechetSelf (archive footage)
Dorothy DandridgeSelf (archive footage)
Billy EckstineSelf (archive footage)Warren SchaeferNarrator