昆西·琼斯
Quincy Jones
饰：Himself,Narrator
迪兹·吉莱斯皮
Dizzy Gillespie
饰：Himself
罗伯特·本顿
Robert Benton
饰：Himself (uncredited)
Buck Clayton
饰：Himself
Art Blakey
饰：Himself
Art Farmer
饰：Himself
Gerry Mulligan
饰：Himself
奈特·亨托夫
Nat Hentoff
饰：Himself
Count Basie
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jo Jones
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gene Krupa
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
塞隆尼斯·芒克
Thelonious Monk
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Rushing
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zutty Singleton
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rex Stewart
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maxine Sullivan
饰：Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lester Young
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sonny Rollins
饰：Himself
Hank Jones
饰：Himself
Johnny Griffin
饰：Himself
Milt Hinton
饰：Himself
Chubby Jackson
饰：Himself
Scoville Browne
Scoville Browne
饰：Himself
Felix Maxwell
Felix Maxwell
饰：Himself
Paula Morris
Paula Morris
饰：Herself
Taft Jordan Jr.
饰：Himself
Everard Powell
Everard Powell
饰：Himself
Marian McPartland
饰：Herself
Bud Freeman
饰：Himself
Max Kaminsky
饰：Himself
Eddie Locke
饰：Himself
Benny Golson
饰：Himself
Ernie Wilkins
饰：Himself
Elaine Lorillard
饰：Herself
Mona Hinton
饰：Herself
Robert Altschuler
Robert Altschuler
饰：Himself
Mike Lipskin
Mike Lipskin
饰：Himself
Steve Frankfurt
Steve Frankfurt
饰：Himself
Horace Silver
饰：Himself
Henry 'Red' Allen
Henry 'Red' Allen
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vic Dickenson
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sonny Greer
Sonny Greer
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Coleman Hawkins
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
查尔斯·明格斯
Charles Mingus
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pee Wee Russell
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Willie 'The Lion' Smith
Willie 'The Lion' Smith
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)