Dan Pritzker Director, Screenwriter, Producer Gary Carr Buddy Bolden Actor Erik LaRay Harvey Bartley Actor Yaya DaCosta Nora Bolden Actor Reno Wilson Louis Armstrong Actor Karimah Westbrook Alice Bolden Actor JoNell Kennedy Ida Bass Actor Robert Ri'chard George Baquet Actor Serena Reeder Mavis Actor Michael Rooker Pat McMurphy Actor Ian McShane Judge Perry Actor David Rothschild Screenwriter Jonathan Cornick Producer Michele Tayler Producer Ed Arrendell Executive Producer Leonard Loventhal Executive Producer Wynton Marsalis Executive Producer, Original Music Neal Norton Cinematographer Thomas J. Nordberg Film Editing Chris Steele-Nicholson Film Editing Mark Isham Original Music Scott Steiner Original Music Brian Stultz Production Design Gary Diamond Art Director Gershon Ginsburg Art Director Gary Kosko Art Director Patrick T. Cassidy Set Decoration Marthe Pineau Set Decoration Joyce Marling Costume Design Colleen Morris Costume Design Craig Fincannon Casting Lisa Mae Fincannon Casting Mark Fincannon Casting