Name	Known for
Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Hattie Winston Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Melvin Van Peebles Louis Armstrong (voice) Louis Armstrong (voice) See fewer	The Shining (1997)
Wynton Marsalis Self Self See fewer	A Star Is Born (2018)
George Avakian Self Self See fewer	End of the Road (1970)
Tony Bennett Self Self See fewer	Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Lester Bowie Self Self See fewer	Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
Dave Brubeck Self Self See fewer	Inland Empire (2006)
Iola Brubeck Self Self See fewer	The Blues (2003)
Doc Cheatham Self Self See fewer	Remember My Name (1978)
Mary Cleere Haran Self Self See fewer	100 Centre Street (2001)
Barrett Deems Self Self See fewer	High Society (1956)
Bud Freeman Self Self See fewer	Cinderella Man (2005)
Milton Gabler Self (as Milt Gabler) Self (as Milt Gabler) See fewer	Godzilla (I) (1998)
Gary Giddins Self - Interviewer Self - Interviewer See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Joe Glaser Self Self See fewer	Still Breathing (1997)
Dexter Gordon Self Self See fewer	'Round Midnight (1986)
Milt Hinton Self Self See fewer	Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Joe Muranyi Self Self See fewer	BBC Show of the Week (1965)
Marty Napoleon Self Self See fewer	The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Kwame Nkrumah Self (archive footage) (as Prime Minister Nkrumah) Self (archive footage) (as Prime Minister Nkrumah) See fewer	World Wide '60 (1960)
Zilner T. Randolph Self (as Zilner Randolph) Self (as Zilner Randolph) See fewer	Still Breathing (1997)
Bill Robinson Self (archive footage) (as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson) Self (archive footage) (as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson) See fewer	The Shape of Water (2017)
Arvell Shaw Self Self See fewer	High Society (1956)
Bessie Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)
Charley Teagarden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Climax! (1954)
Lucille Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hallo Satchmo (1965)
Jackie Gleason Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Hustler (1961)