Discover
Original Release
01/10/2001
US Release
01/10/2001
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Louis Armstrong | Self - trumpeter / composer / vocalist / actor / (archive footage) |
| Sidney Bechet | Self - composer / saxophonist / clarinetist / (archive footage) |
| Bix Beiderbecke | Self - cornetist / pianist / composer |
| Matthew Broderick | Narrator |
| Doc Cheatham | Self - trumpeter |
| James Lincoln Collier | Self - biographer |
| Kevin Conway | Narrator |
| Stanley Crouch | Self - writer |
| Keith David | Narrator |
| Gerald Early | Self - writer |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Louis Armstrong | Self - trumpeter / composer / vocalist / actor / (archive footage) |
| Sidney Bechet | Self - composer / saxophonist / clarinetist / (archive footage) |
| Bix Beiderbecke | Self - cornetist / pianist / composer |
| Matthew Broderick | Narrator |
| Doc Cheatham | Self - trumpeter |
| James Lincoln Collier | Self - biographer |
| Kevin Conway | Narrator |
| Stanley Crouch | Self - writer |
| Keith David | Narrator |
| Gerald Early | Self - writer |
| Duke Ellington | Self - composer / pianist / bandleader / (archive footage) |
| Gary Giddins | Self - music critic |
| Benny Goodman | Self - clarinetist / bandleader / (archive footage) |
| Jon Hendricks | Self - singer |
| Earl 'Fatha' Hines | Self - pianist / bandleader |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Narrator |
| Phoebe Jacobs | Self - Publicist |
| Margo Jefferson | Self - writer |
| Eriq La Salle | Narrator |
| Delroy Lindo | Narrator |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ken Burns | Producer |
| Sarah Botstein | Producer |
| Natalie Bullock Brown | Producer |
| Victoria Gohl | Producer |
| Madison D. Lacy | Producer |
| Shola Lynch | Producer |
| Lynn Novick | Producer |
