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Directed by
Jeffrey Kaufman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jeffrey Kaufman  written by

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... Dizzy Gillespie (voice)
Van Alexander ... Himself
Bruce Barnes ... Barney Bigard (voice)
Louie Bellson ... Himself (archive footage)

Rocky Carroll ... Narrator (voice)

Bill Cosby ... Chick Webb (voice)

Billy Crystal ... Mezz Mezzrow (voice)

Tyne Daly ... Helen Oakley Dance (voice)

Duke Ellington ... Himself (archive footage)

Ella Fitzgerald ... Herself (archive footage)

Andy Garcia ... Mario Bauzá (voice)
Dizzy Gillespie ... Himself (archive footage)

Danny Glover ... Count Basie (voice)

Jeff Goldblum ... Artie Shaw (voice)
Roy Haynes ... Himself
John Isaacs ... Himself

Janet Jackson ... Ella Fitzgerald (voice)
Gertrude Jeannette ... Herself

John Legend ... Duke Ellington (voice)
Frankie Manning ... Himself
Norma Miller ... Herself

Ron Perlman ... Gene Krupa (voice)
Eugene Robinson ... Teddy McRae (voice)

Charlie Watts ... Stanley Dance (voice)
Chick Webb ... Himself (archive footage)
Joe Wilder ... Himself
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Produced by
David Hoffman .... executive producer
Alita Holly .... pre-production producer
Jamal Joseph .... executive producer
Jeffrey Kaufman .... producer
Voza Rivers .... executive producer
Buddy Steves .... executive producer
 
Film Editing by
Jamal El-Amin 
 
Sound Department
Michael Chobot .... voiceover recordist
Chris Gresham .... voiceover mixer
Matthew Thomas Hall .... sound designer
Matthew Thomas Hall .... voice over recordist
Brian Magrum .... voiceover mixer
Aran Tanchum .... foley mixer
Aran Tanchum .... voiceover mixer
Kent Verderico .... voiceover recordist
Paulette Victor-Lifton .... supervising sound editor
 
Visual Effects by
Patrick Connelly .... visual effects producer
 
Other crew
Mickey Cottrell .... publicist
 

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