Compay Segundo as Self

Eliades Ochoa as Self

Ry Cooder as Self

Joachim Cooder as Self

Ibrahim Ferrer as Self

Omara Portuondo as Self

Rubén González as Self

Orlando 'Cachaíto' López as Self

Amadito Valdés as Self

Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal as Self

Barbarito Torres as Self

Pío Leyva as Self

Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea as Self

Juan de Marcos González as Self

Lázaro Villa as Self

Octavio Calderon as Self

Angel Terry Domech as Self

Ibrahim Ferrer Jr. as Self

Manuel Galbán as Self

Hugo Garzón as Self

Carlos González as Self

Gilberto 'Papi' Oviedo as Self

Alejandro Pichardo as Self

Yanko Pichardo as Self

Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos as Self

Salvador Repilado Labrada as Self (as Salvador Repilado)

José Antonio Rodríguez as Self

Benito Suárez Magana as Self (as Benito Suárez)

Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés as Self

Heitor Goldflus as Self - Man at a Manhattan Street (uncredited)