 | Gary Carr als Buddy Bolden |
 | Michael Rooker als Pat McMurphy |
 | Ian McShane als Judge Perry |
 | Yaya DaCosta als Nora Bolden |
 | Ser'Darius Blain als Willie Cornish |
 | Reno Wilson als Louis Armstrong |
 | Kelvin Harrison Jr. als Frankie Dusen |
 | Erik LaRay Harvey als Bartley |
 | Robert Ri'chard als George Baquet |
 | Karimah Westbrook als Alice Bolden |
 | JoNell Kennedy als Ida Bass |
 | Serena Reeder als Mavis |
 | Christina Marie Karis als Bernadette |
 | Kearia Schroeder als Grace |
 | Chelsea Vale als Dancer |
 | Tiffany Hayes als Creole Prostitute |
| Dan Pritzker | Director |
| Dan Pritzker | Screenplay |
| David Rothschild | Screenplay |
| Dan Pritzker | Story |
| Gershon Ginsburg | Art Direction |
| Jonathan Cornick | Producer |
| Wynton Marsalis | Original Music Composer |
| David S. Dranitzke | Co-Producer |
| Wynton Marsalis | Executive Producer |
| Ed Arrendell | Executive Producer |
| Christopher V. Bromley | Co-Producer |
| Mark Isham | Original Music Composer |
| Joyce Marling | Costume Design |
| Leonard Loventhal | Executive Producer |
| Michele Tayler | Producer |
| Craig Fincannon | Casting |
| Dan Pritzker | Producer |
| Neal Norton | Cinematography |
| Brian Stultz | Production Design |
| Patrick Cassidy | Set Decoration |
| Marthe Pineau | Set Decoration |
| Bruce Moriarty | Co-Producer |
| Mark Fincannon | Casting |
| Chris Steele-Nicholson | Editor |
| Gary Kosko | Art Direction |
| Scott Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Thomas J. Nordberg | Editor |
| Rudy Persico | Co-Producer |
| Brian Baker | Art Direction |
| Lisa Mae Fincannon | Casting |
| Gary Archer | Prosthetics |
