Miles Davis (voice)
Carl Lumbly
Self - East St. Louis Resident
Reginald Petty
Self - Writer
Greg Tate
Gerald Early
Self - Musician
Quincy Jones
Wayne Shorter
Self - Musicologist
Tammy L. Kernodle
Self - Singer
Juliette Gréco
Vincent Bessières
Self - Jazz Promoter
George Wein
Eugene Redmond
Carlos Santana
Quincy Troupe
Herbie Hancock
Marcus Miller
Self - Friend
Cortez McCoy
Sandra McCoy
Self - Historian
Jack Chambers
Self - Dancer / 1st Wife
Frances Davis
René Urtreger
Joshua Redman
James Mtume
Lenny White
Farah Griffin
Self - Nephew
Vince Wilburn Jr.
Archie Shepp
Stanley Crouch
Self - Daughter
Cheryl Davis
Ron Carter
Self - Columbia Records President
Clive Davis
Marguerite Cantú
Self - Son
Erin Davis
Self - Music Manager
Mark Rothbaum
Mike Stern
Self - Childhood Friend
Lee Annie Bonner
Self - Personal Assistant
Mikel Elam
Self - Painter
Jo Gelbard
Wallace Roney
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Miles Davis
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonious Monk
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Johnny Mathis
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Louis Malle
Ashley Kahn
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau
John Coltrane
Self - Music Arranger (archive footage)
Gil Evans
Tony Williams
Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Betty Davis
Prince
Benjamin Cawthra
Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Cobb
Dan Morgenstern
Director
Stanley Nelson
Producer
Sound Recordist
Bill Streeter
Editor
Yusuf Kapadia
Natasha Mottola
Music Consultant
Steve Berkowitz
Gautam Choudhury
Brian Walker
Jean-Paul Guirado
Adriano Bravo
Redd Reynolds
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Benny Mouthon
Sound Editor
Brian Bracken
Assistant Editor
Javier Chorrillos
Joe McGill
Colorist
Don Wyllie
Caleb Mose
Supervising Sound Editor
Executive Producer
Adam Barker
Archival Footage Research
Cara Fitts
Pearl Lieberman
Lewis Erskine
Supervising Producer
Junko Tsunashima
Production Assistant
Babatunde Salaam
Associate Producer
Lauren Wimbush
Jarobi Moorhead
Michael Kantor
Peter Worsely
Nicole London
Geoff Kempin
Terry Shand
Production Manager
Melissa Morton Hicks
Director of Photography
Mead Hunt
Antonio Rossi
Henry Adebonojo
Clare Major
Hervé Cohen
Jerry Henry
Marc Gerke
Eric Coleman