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  Lalah Hathaway

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  Sam L. Waymon

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Lenny White

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Weldon Irvine

  Himself (archive footage)
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  Jessica Care Moore

  Herself
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  DJ Spinna

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Carl Maultsby

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Sylvia St James

  Herself

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  Havelock Nelson

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Collis H. Davis

  Himself
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  Napoleon Revels-Bey

  Himself
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  Gene Perla

  Himself
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  Joey Cavaseno

  Himself
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  Linda Gail Corrin

  Herself
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  Clyde Bullard Jr.

  Himself

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  Tom Draper

  Himself
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  Thelonious Monk Jr.

  Himself
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  Camille Yarbrough

  Herself
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  Bobbito Garcia

  Himself
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  Conrad Tillard

  Himself
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  Rich Medina

  Himself
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  Robert Shulman

  Himself
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  Tom Browne

  Himself
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  Jerry Brooks

  Himself
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  Graeme Sibirsky

  Himself
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  Bill Cobham

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Q-Tip

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Casey Benjamin

  Himself
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  Terry Burrus

  Himself
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  Bill Curtis

  Himself
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  San Kim

  Himself
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  Randy Brecker

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Kendall Minter

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Celeste Bedford-Walker

  Herself
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  Angelika Beener

  Herself
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  Aaron Fuchs

  Interviewee
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  Vince Wilburn Jr.

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Bob Ransom

  Himself
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  Ayaba Bey

  Herself
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  Selan

  Himself
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  Oliver Wang

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Maurice Bernstein

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Jackie Alexander

  Himself
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  Nancy Ruhling

  Herself - Interviewee
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  Kevin Anderson

  Himself
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  Vince Wilburn Jr.

  Himself - Interviewee
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  Weldon Marcus Irvine

  Himself
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  Bobby Broom

  Himself Interviewee