Buddy Bolden
Bartley
Judge Perry
Pat McMurphy
Nora Bolden
Louis Armstrong
George Baquet
Alice Bolden
Ida Bass
Grace
Mavis
Belladonna
Bernadette
Judith
Willie Warner
Willie Cornish
Frank Lewis
Brock Mumford (as Donald Watkins)
James Johnson
Cornelius Tillman
Old Buddy 1
Lallique Lill
Young Buddy
Michael Williams (as Nonoma Stonecoat)
Westmore Bolden
Walter
M.C.
Aaron Harris
Arthur Bass
Oscar Zahn
Broomstick
Joe Segretto
Photographer
Felicite Lamennais
Bailey
Principal Dancer
Bolden 3yr old
Church Member
Harvey
Principle Dancer
Dancer
Mayor of New Orleans
The Boss
Man in tails
Muse (as Rosé Belara Young)
Grady Deacon
Old Buddy 2
Ophelia Franklin
Crossbone
John Robichaux
Juke Joint Wife
Dionne
Bordello Girl #2
Thomas Upper Management
Young Warner
Nurse Mona
Riot Club Dancer (as Ty Glascoe)
Tea Party Lady
Frankie Dusen
Asylum Patient
Charlene
Street Kid
Self - Barbershop Patron
Creole Prostitue (as Tiffany Hayes)
Polyhymnia
Dancer (archive footage)
Actor
Radio Announcer
Battle Royale gawker
Waiter #2
Self - Dancer
Ayan
Ayesha
Club 25 Dancer
Waiter
Principle Dancer (credit only)
Little Buddy
Frankie Dusen Band Member
Alley Kid
Band member
Spectator #1
Boy in the Park (credit only)
Buddy's Childs Mother
Charles McCurdy
Johnny Collins
Cop
Man in Tux (uncredited)
Working Woman (uncredited)
Fight Fan / Dad On Boat (uncredited)
Spanish-American Soldier (uncredited)
Principle Dancer (uncredited)
Principal Dancer (uncredited)
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Church Member (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)