"A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans."
Gary Carr
as Buddy Bolden
Michael Rooker
as Pat McMurphy
Ian McShane
as Judge Perry
Yaya DaCosta
as Nora Bolden
Ser'Darius Blain
as Willie Cornish
Reno Wilson
as Louis Armstrong
Kelvin Harrison, Jr.
as Frankie Dusen
Erik LaRay Harvey
as Bartley
Robert Ri'chard
as George Baquet
Karimah Westbrook
as Alice Bolden
JoNell Kennedy
as Ida Bass
Serena Reeder
as Mavis
Christina Marie Karis
as Bernadette
Kearia Schroeder
as Grace
Chelsea Vale
as Dancer
Tiffany Hayes
as Creole Prostitute
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Stunt Double
Dan Pritzker
Director
David Rothschild
Screenplay
Story
Rudy Persico
Co-Producer
Producer
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Wynton Marsalis
Gershon Ginsburg
Art Direction
Christopher V. Bromley
Scott Steiner
Marthe Pineau
Set Decoration
Bruce Moriarty
Michele Tayler
Jonathan Cornick
Mark Fincannon
Casting
Executive Producer
Patrick Cassidy
David S. Dranitzke
Leonard Loventhal
Brian Baker
Joyce Marling
Costume Design
Ed Arrendell
Thomas J. Nordberg
Editor
Lisa Mae Fincannon
Chris Steele-Nicholson
Craig Fincannon
Brian Stultz
Production Design
Gary Kosko
Neal Norton
Director of Photography
Jason Sweers
Graphic Designer
Debi Young
Makeup Artist
