| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Benny Mouthon | Crew | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Geoff Kempin | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Henry Adebonojo | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Joe McGill | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Lewis Erskine | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Mead Hunt | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Michael Kantor | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Stanley Nelson | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer |
Terry Shand | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Jerry Henry | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Junko Tsunashima | Crew | Production | Supervising Producer |
Melissa Morton Hicks | Crew | Production | Production Manager |
Adriano Bravo | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Brian Bracken | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor |
Antonio Rossi | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Adam Barker | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Jean-Paul Guirado | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Nicole London | Crew | Production | Producer |
Peter Worsely | Crew | Production | Supervising Producer |
Jarobi Moorhead | Crew | Production | Production Assistant |
Babatunde Salaam | Crew | Production | Production Assistant |
Yusuf Kapadia | Crew | Editing | Assistant Editor, Editor |
Natasha Mottola | Crew | Editing | Associate Editor, Editor |
Lauren Wimbush | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
Redd Reynolds | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Gautam Choudhury | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Steve Berkowitz | Crew | Sound | Music Consultant |
Eric Coleman | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Marc Gerke | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Hervé Cohen | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Clare Major | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Caleb Mose | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Don Wyllie | Crew | Editing | Colorist |
 Archie Shepp | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
 Carl Lumbly | Cast | Actor | Miles Davis (voice) |
 Carlos Santana | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
 Charlie Parker | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
 Clive Davis | Cast | Actor | Self - Columbia Records President |
 Dizzy Gillespie | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
 Frances Davis | Cast | Actress | Self - Dancer / 1st Wife |
George Wein | Cast | Self - Jazz Promoter | |
Gil Evans | Cast | Self - Music Arranger (archive footage) | |
 Herbie Hancock | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
 Jeanne Moreau | Cast | Actress | Self - Actress (archive footage) |
Jimmy Cobb | Cast | Self - Musician | |
 John Coltrane | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
 Johnny Mathis | Cast | Actor | Self - Singer (archive footage) |
 Joshua Redman | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
 Juliette Gréco | Cast | Actress | Self - Singer |
 Louis Malle | Cast | Actor | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
 Marcus Miller | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
 Miles Davis | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
 Prince | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
 Quincy Jones | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
 Ron Carter | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
 Stanley Crouch | Cast | Self - Writer | |
 Walter Cronkite | Cast | Actor | Self - Anchorman (archive footage) |
 Wayne Shorter | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
Cheryl Davis | Cast | Self - Daughter | |
Erin Davis | Cast | Self - Son | |
Vince Wilburn Jr. | Cast | Self - Nephew | |
 Thelonious Monk | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
Gerald Early | Cast | Self - Writer | |
René Urtreger | Cast | Self - Musician | |
Greg Tate | Cast | Self - Writer | |
 Betty Davis | Cast | Actress | Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage) |
 Jimmy Heath | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
 James Mtume | Cast | Actor | Self - Musician |
Mark Rothbaum | Cast | Self - Music Manager | |
Ashley Kahn | Cast | Self - Writer | |
Tammy L. Kernodle | Cast | Actress | Self - Musicologist |
Dan Morgenstern | Cast | Self - Writer | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
