Jimmy Giuffre

饰：Himself

塞隆尼斯·芒克

Thelonious Monk

饰：Himself

Henry Grimes

饰：Himself

Sonny Stitt

饰：Himself

Sal Salvador

饰：Himself

安妮塔·奥黛

Anita O'Day

饰：Herself

George Shearing

George Shearing

饰：Himself

黛娜·华盛顿

Dinah Washington

饰：Herself

Gerry Mulligan

饰：Himself

Big Maybelle

饰：Herself

查克 贝里

Chuck Berry

饰：Himself

Chico Hamilton

饰：Himself

路易斯·阿姆斯特朗

Louis Armstrong

饰：Himself

Jack Teagarden

饰：Himself

马哈丽亚·杰克逊

Mahalia Jackson

饰：Herself

David Baily

饰：Himself

Danny Barcelona

饰：Himself

Bob Brookmeyer

饰：Himself

Buck Clayton

饰：Himself

Willis Conover

饰：Interviewer

Bill Crow

饰：Himself

Eric Dolphy

饰：Himself

Eli's Chosen Six

饰：Themselves

Art Farmer

饰：Himself

Harold Gaylon

饰：Himself

Nathan Gershman

饰：Himself

Terry Gibbs

饰：Himself

Urbie Green

饰：Himself

Jim Hall

饰：Himself

Peanuts Hucko

饰：Himself

Jo Jones

饰：Himself

Ray Mosca

饰：Himself

Armando Peraza

饰：Himself

马克斯·罗奇

Max Roach

饰：Himself

Rudy Rutherford

饰：Himself

Martin Williams

饰：Jazz Critic in Audience

帕特丽希娅·博斯沃思

Patricia Bosworth

饰：Disgruntled redhead in audience (uncredited)

阿拉姆·阿瓦基安

Aram Avakian

饰：(credit only)