Miles Davis (voice)

Carl Lumbly

Self - East St. Louis Resident

Reginald Petty

Self - Writer

Greg Tate

Self - Writer

Gerald Early

Self - Musician

Quincy Jones

Self - Musician

Wayne Shorter

Self - Musicologist

Tammy L. Kernodle

Self - Singer

Juliette Gréco

Self - Writer

Vincent Bessières

Self - Jazz Promoter

George Wein

Self - East St. Louis Resident

Eugene Redmond

Self - Musician

Carlos Santana

Self - Writer

Quincy Troupe

Self - Musician

Herbie Hancock

Self - Musician

Marcus Miller

Self - Friend

Cortez McCoy

Self - Friend

Sandra McCoy

Self - Historian

Jack Chambers

Self - Dancer / 1st Wife

Frances Davis

Self - Musician

René Urtreger

Self - Musician

Joshua Redman

Self - Musician

James Mtume

Self - Musician

Lenny White

Self - Writer

Farah Griffin

Self - Nephew

Vince Wilburn Jr.

Self - Musician

Archie Shepp

Self - Writer

Stanley Crouch

Self - Daughter

Cheryl Davis

Self - Musician

Ron Carter

Self - Columbia Records President

Clive Davis

Self - Friend

Marguerite Cantú

Self - Son

Erin Davis

Self - Music Manager

Mark Rothbaum

Self - Musician

Mike Stern

Self - Childhood Friend

Lee Annie Bonner

Self - Personal Assistant

Mikel Elam

Self - Painter

Jo Gelbard

Self - Musician

Wallace Roney

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Miles Davis

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Charlie Parker

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Thelonious Monk

Self - Singer (archive footage)

Johnny Mathis

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Louis Malle

Self - Writer

Ashley Kahn

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau

Self - Musician (archive footage)

John Coltrane

Self - Music Arranger (archive footage)

Gil Evans

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Tony Williams

Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)

Betty Davis

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Prince

Self - Historian

Benjamin Cawthra

Self - Musician

Jimmy Heath

Self - Musician

Jimmy Cobb

Self - Writer

Dan Morgenstern

Director

Stanley Nelson

Producer

Stanley Nelson

Sound Recordist

Bill Streeter

Editor

Yusuf Kapadia

Editor

Natasha Mottola

Music Consultant

Steve Berkowitz

Sound Recordist

Gautam Choudhury

Sound Recordist

Brian Walker

Sound Recordist

Jean-Paul Guirado

Sound Recordist

Adriano Bravo

Sound Recordist

Redd Reynolds

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Benny Mouthon

Sound Editor

Brian Bracken

Assistant Editor

Javier Chorrillos

Sound Recordist

Joe McGill

Colorist

Don Wyllie

Sound Recordist

Caleb Mose

Supervising Sound Editor

Benny Mouthon

Executive Producer

Adam Barker

Archival Footage Research

Cara Fitts

Archival Footage Research

Pearl Lieberman

Editor

Lewis Erskine

Supervising Producer

Junko Tsunashima

Production Assistant

Babatunde Salaam

Associate Producer

Lauren Wimbush

Production Assistant

Jarobi Moorhead

Executive Producer

Michael Kantor

Supervising Producer

Peter Worsely

Producer

Nicole London

Executive Producer

Geoff Kempin

Executive Producer

Terry Shand

Production Manager

Melissa Morton Hicks

Director of Photography

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