Cast
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
A.J. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Fats Waller
Self (archive footage)
Donald Bogle
Self
Berry Gordy
Self
Snoop Dogg
Self
Nat King Cole
Self (archive footage)
Christopher Reid
Self (archive footage)
Smokey Robinson
Self
Jamie Foxx
Self
John Landis
Self
Bessie Smith
Self (archive footage)
Vanessa Williams
Self - Host
Dorothy Dandridge
Self (archive footage)
Busta Rhymes
Self
Tisha Campbell
Self
Billy Eckstine
Self (archive footage)
Jasmine Guy
Self
Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin
Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)
Nelson George
Self
Quincy Jones
Self
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Rah Digga
Self
Ice-T
Self
Jimmy Jam
Self
Wynton Marsalis
Self
Fayard Nicholas
Self
Dr. Dre
Self
Lena Horne
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Hines
Self
Billy Dee Williams
Self
Rubberneck Holmes
Self (archive footage)
Little Richard
Self
Carl Anderson
Self
Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston
Self
Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)
Suzzanne Douglas
Self
Reginald Hudlin
Self
Spike Lee
Self
Debbie Allen
Self
Eartha Kitt
Self (archive footage)
Otis Redding
Self (archive footage)
Tina Turner
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Alan Parker
Self
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Terry Lewis
Self
LL Cool J
Self (archive footage)
Russell Simmons
Self
Kyme
Rachel Meadows (archive footage)
Diana Ross
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Stan Lathan
Self
Harold Nicholas
Self (archive footage)
The Notorious B.I.G.
Self (archive footage)