Carl Lumbly

Miles Davis (voice)

Reginald Petty

Self - East St. Louis Resident

Quincy Troupe

Self - Writer

Farah Griffin

Self - Writer

Lee Annie Bonner

Self - Childhood Friend

Ashley Kahn

Self - Writer

Benjamin Cawthra

Self - Historian

Jimmy Heath

Self - Musician

Jimmy Cobb

Self - Musician

Dan Morgenstern

Self - Writer

Greg Tate

Self - Writer

Gerald Early

Self - Writer

Quincy Jones

Self - Musician

Wayne Shorter

Self - Musician

Tammy L. Kernodle

Self - Musicologist

Juliette Gréco

Self - Singer

Vincent Bessières

Self - Writer

George Wein

Self - Jazz Promoter

Eugene Redmond

Self - East St. Louis Resident

Carlos Santana

Self - Musician

Herbie Hancock

Self - Musician

Marcus Miller

Self - Musician

Cortez McCoy

Self - Friend

Sandra McCoy

Self - Friend

Jack Chambers

Self - Historian

Frances Davis

Self - Dancer / 1st Wife

René Urtreger

Self - Musician

Joshua Redman

Self - Musician

James Mtume

Self - Musician

Lenny White

Self - Musician

Vince Wilburn Jr.

Self - Nephew

Archie Shepp

Self - Musician

Stanley Crouch

Self - Writer

Cheryl Davis

Self - Daughter

Ron Carter

Self - Musician

Clive Davis

Self - Columbia Records President

Marguerite Cantú

Self - Friend

Erin Davis

Self - Son

Mark Rothbaum

Self - Music Manager

Mike Stern

Self - Musician

Mikel Elam

Self - Personal Assistant

Jo Gelbard

Self - Painter

Wallace Roney

Self - Musician

Miles Davis

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

Charlie Parker

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Thelonious Monk

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Johnny Mathis

Self - Singer (archive footage)

Louis Malle

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau

Self - Actress (archive footage)

John Coltrane

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Gil Evans

Self - Music Arranger (archive footage)

Tony Williams

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Betty Davis

Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)

Prince

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Bill Streeter

Sound Recordist

Yusuf Kapadia

Editor

Natasha Mottola

Editor

Steve Berkowitz

Music Consultant

Gautam Choudhury

Sound Recordist

Brian Walker

Sound Recordist

Jean-Paul Guirado

Sound Recordist

Adriano Bravo

Sound Recordist

Redd Reynolds

Sound Recordist

Benny Mouthon

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Brian Bracken

Sound Editor

Javier Chorrillos

Assistant Editor

Joe McGill

Sound Recordist

Don Wyllie

Colorist

Caleb Mose

Sound Recordist

Benny Mouthon

Supervising Sound Editor

Adam Barker

Executive Producer

Cara Fitts

Archival Footage Research

Pearl Lieberman

Archival Footage Research

Stanley Nelson

Director

Lewis Erskine

Editor

Junko Tsunashima

Supervising Producer

Stanley Nelson

Producer

Babatunde Salaam

Production Assistant

Lauren Wimbush

Associate Producer

Jarobi Moorhead

Production Assistant

Michael Kantor

Executive Producer

Peter Worsely

Supervising Producer

Nicole London

Producer

Geoff Kempin

Executive Producer

Terry Shand

Executive Producer

Melissa Morton Hicks

Production Manager

Mead Hunt

Director of Photography

Antonio Rossi

Director of Photography

Henry Adebonojo

Director of Photography

Clare Major

Director of Photography

Hervé Cohen

Director of Photography

Jerry Henry

Director of Photography

Marc Gerke

Director of Photography

Eric Coleman

Director of Photography