| LLouis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 NasSelf | Self |
 Wynton MarsalisSelf | Self |
 Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Orson WellesSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Archie SheppSelf (voice) (archive sound) | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 Count BasieSelf (voice) (archive sound) | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
| LLucille ArmstrongSelf (voice) (archive sound) | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
| DDan MorgansternSelf | Self |
 Steve AllenSelf (voice) (archive sound) | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
| EEdward R. MarrowSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Danny BakerSelf- Voice | Self- Voice |
 George JonesSelf (voice) (archive sound) | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 Mike DouglasSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| JJelly Roll MortonSelf (voice) (archive sound) | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 James BaldwinSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Jimi HendrixSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Dick CavettSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| TTommy RockwellSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Ray CharlesSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Sam CookeSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 James BrownSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 John LennonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Paul McCartneySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 George HarrisonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Ringo StarrSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| LLeonard BernsteinSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Al CaponeSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Ed SullivanSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
