Obsada:
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Dizzy Gillespie
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Van Alexander
Himself
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Bruce Barnes
Barney Bigard
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Louie Bellson
Himself
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Rocky Carroll
Narrator
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Bill Cosby
Chick Webb
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Billy Crystal
Mezz Mezzrow
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Tyne Daly
Helen Oakley Dance
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Duke Ellington
Himself
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Ella Fitzgerald
Herself
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Andy Garcia
Mario Bauzá
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Dizzy Gillespie
Himself
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Danny Glover
Count Basie
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Jeff Goldblum
Artie Shaw
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Roy Haynes
Himself
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John Isaacs
Himself
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Janet Jackson
Ella Fitzgerald
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Gertrude Jeannette
Herself
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John Legend
Duke Ellington
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Frankie Manning
Himself
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Norma Miller
Herself
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Ron Perlman
Gene Krupa
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Eugene Robinson
Teddy McRae
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Charlie Watts
Stanley Dance
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Chick Webb
Himself
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Joe Wilder
Himself