Self - Host

Keith David

Acting

Self - Commentator

Robert Palmer

Writing

Self - Commentator

Albert Murray

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Chuck Berry

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Count Basie

Acting

Self

Big Bill Bronzy

Acting

Self

Willie Dixon

Acting

Self

W.C. Handy

Sound

Self

John Lee Hooker

Acting

Self

Son House

Acting

Self

Mick Jagger

Acting

Self

Louis Jordan

Acting

Self

B.B. King

Acting

Self

Charlie Parker

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Bessie Smith

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Dinah Washington

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Muddy Waters

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Sonny Boy Williamson II

Acting