Directed by
| Jeff Kaufman | ... | (as Jeffrey Kaufman) |
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Jeff Kaufman | ... | (written by) (as Jeffrey Kaufman) |
Cast
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Van Alexander | ... | Self |
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Bruce Barnes | ... | Barney Bigard (voice) |
| Louie Bellson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Rocky Carroll | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Mezz Mezzrow (voice) | |
| Tyne Daly | ... | Helen Oakley Dance (voice) | |
| Keith David | ... | Charles Buchanan (voice) | |
| Duke Ellington | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Andy Garcia | ... | Mario Bauzá (voice) | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Danny Glover | ... | Count Basie (voice) | |
| Jeff Goldblum | ... | Artie Shaw (voice) | |
| Corey Hawkins | ... | Chick Webb (voice) | |
| Roy Haynes | ... | Self | |
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John Isaacs | ... | Self |
| Janet Jackson | ... | Ella Fitzgerald (voice) | |
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Gertrude Jeannette | ... | Self |
| John Legend | ... | Duke Ellington (voice) | |
| Frankie Manning | ... | Self | |
| Norma Miller | ... | Self | |
| Ron Perlman | ... | Gene Krupa (voice) | |
| Billy Porter | ... | Dizzy Gillespie (voice) | |
| Eugene Robinson | ... | Teddy McRae (voice) | |
| Charlie Watts | ... | Stanley Dance (voice) | |
| Chick Webb | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Joe Wilder | ... | Self | |
Produced by
| David Hoffman | ... | executive producer |
| Alita Holly | ... | pre-production producer |
| Jamal Joseph | ... | executive producer |
| Jeff Kaufman | ... | producer (as Jeffrey Kaufman) |
| Voza Rivers | ... | executive producer |
| Marcia Ross | ... | producer |
| Buddy Steves | ... | executive producer |
Editing by
| Jamal El-Amin | ||
Sound Department
| Michael Chobot | ... | voiceover recordist |
| Chris Gresham | ... | voiceover mixer |
| Matthew Thomas Hall | ... | sound designer / voice over recordist |
| Paulette Victor Lifton | ... | supervising sound editor (as Paulette Victor-Lifton) |
| Brian Magrum | ... | voiceover mixer |
| Aran Tanchum | ... | foley mixer / voiceover mixer |
| Kent Verderico | ... | voiceover recordist |
Visual Effects by
| Patrick Connelly | ... | visual effects producer |
Additional Crew
| Tess Cline | ... | assistant to producer |
| Mickey Cottrell | ... | publicist |