Jazz (2001) | Full Cast

Ken Burns

DIRECTOR

Keith David

Narrator

Wynton Marsalis

Self

Gary Giddins

Self

Delroy Lindo

Narrator

Kevin Conway

Narrator

Gerald Early

Self

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator

Philip Bosco

ACTOR

Artie Shaw

Self

Arvell Shaw

Self

Stanley Crouch

Self

Jimmy Rowles

Self

Margo Jefferson

Self

Courtney B. Vance

ACTOR

Branford Marsalis

Self

George Wein

Self

Ann Duquesnay

ACTOR

Jackie McLean

Self

James Lincoln Collier

Self

Harry Connick Jr.

ACTOR

Ossie Davis

Self

Duke Ellington

Self

Studs Terkel

Self - writer

Cassandra Wilson

Self

Dave Brubeck

Self

Sidney Bechet

Self

Mercedes Ellington

Self

Michael Cuscuna

Self

Stan Levey

Self

Phil Schaap

Self

Milt Hinton

Self

Lorraine Gordon

Self

Matt Glaser

Self

James Maher

Self

Lester Bowie

Self

Matthew Broderick

Narrator

Wendy Makkena

ACTOR

Derek Jacobi

ACTOR

Tom Bower

ACTOR

Joe Morton

ACTOR

Charles Durning

ACTOR

Avery Brooks

ACTOR

James Naughton

Narrator

Louis Armstrong

Self

Bertrand Tavernier

Self

Ethel Waters

Self

Billie Holiday

Self

Norma Miller

Self

Vernel Bagneris

ACTOR

Benny Goodman

Self

Paul Whiteman

Self

Jon Hendricks

Self

Bessie Smith

Self

Hodding Carter III

ACTOR

Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton

Self

Bix Beiderbecke

Self

Buck O'Neil

Self

Frankie Manning

Self

Joshua Redman

Self

Fletcher Henderson

Self

Joya Sherrill

Self

Jay McShann

Self

James P. Johnson

Self

Willie 'The Lion' Smith

Self

Earl 'Fatha' Hines

Self

Harry Edison

Self

Quincy Troupe

Self

Buddy Bolden

Self

Joe Lovano

Self

Helen Oakley Dance

Self

Phoebe Jacobs

Self - Publicist

Joe Oliver

Self

James Reese Europe

Self

Adam Arkin

ACTOR

Amy Madigan

Narrator

Cherry Jones

ACTOR

Anthony LaPaglia

ACTOR

Bruce Davison

ACTOR

Eriq La Salle

Narrator

Herbie Hancock

Self

Abbey Lincoln

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Self

Dianne Reeves

Self

M.C. Solaar

Self

Lionel Hampton

Self

Ron Carter

Self

Frances Taylor

Self

Clark Terry

Self

Kevin Ramsey

Narrator

Keith Lee Grant

ACTOR

Nat Hentoff

Self - writer

Gene Lees

Self

James Carter

Self

Doc Cheatham

Self - trumpeter

Richard M. Sudhalter

Self - biographer

Benny Waters

Self - saxophonist

Eric George

ACTOR

John Sanders

Self - Former Ellington Trombone Player

Johnny Collins

Self

Dan Morgenstern

Self

Albert Murray

Self - Writer

Nicholas Payton

Self

Regina Carter

Self

Jimmy Cobb

Self

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Self

Jerry Jerome

Self

John Sanders

Self - trombonist

Richard Nixon

Self (presents Duke Ellington with Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969)archiveFootage

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Selfuncredited,archiveFootage

Edward R. Murrow

Self (interviews Duke Ellington)uncredited,archiveFootage

Charles J. Correll

Andrew 'Andy' Brown (from 'Check and Double Check' (1930))uncredited,archiveFootage

Freeman F. Gosden

Amos (from 'Check and Double Check' (1930))uncredited,archiveFootage