Louis Armstrong as Self

Mahalia Jackson as Self

Gerry Mulligan as Self

Dinah Washington as Self

Chico Hamilton as Self

Anita O'Day as Self

George Shearing as Self

Jimmy Giuffre as Self

Chuck Berry as Self

Jack Teagarden as Self

Thelonious Monk as Self

Big Maybelle as Self

Sonny Stitt as Self

Eli's Chosen Six as Self

David Bailie as Self

Danny Barcelona as Self

Bob Brookmeyer as Self

Buck Clayton as Self

Bill Crow as Self

Eric Dolphy as Self

Art Farmer as Self

Harold Gaylor as Self

Nathan Gershman as Self

Terri Gibbs as Self

Urbie Green as Self

Henry Grimes as Self

Jim Hall as Self

Peanuts Hucko as Self

Jo Jones as Self

Ray Mosca as Self

Armando Peraza as Self

Max Roach as Self

Rudy Rutherford as Self

Sal Salvador as Self

Willis Conover as Interviewer

Patricia Bosworth as Woman in Audience (uncredited)