Gary Carr as Buddy Bolden

Michael Rooker as Pat McMurphy

Ian McShane as Judge Perry

Yaya DaCosta as Nora Bolden

Ser'Darius Blain as Willie Cornish

Reno Wilson as Louis Armstrong

Kelvin Harrison, Jr. as Frankie Dusen

Erik LaRay Harvey as Bartley

Robert Ri'chard as George Baquet

Karimah Westbrook as Alice Bolden

JoNell Kennedy as Ida Bass

Serena Reeder as Mavis

Christina Marie Karis as Bernadette

Kearia Schroeder as Grace

Chelsea Vale as Dancer

Tiffany Hayes as Creole Prostitute