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Ray Charles Self
Dave Brubeck Self
Clint Eastwood Self
Cab Calloway Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole Self (archive footage)
Fats Domino Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage)
Muddy Waters Self (archive footage)
Count Basie Self (archive footage)
Dr. John Self
Linda Hopkins Self (archive footage)
Pete Jolly Self
Thelonious Monk Self (archive footage)
Oscar Peterson Self (archive footage)
Big Joe Turner Self (archive footage)
Art Tatum Self (archive footage)
Otis Spann Self (archive footage)
Pinetop Perkins Self
Jay McShann Self
Meade 'Lux' Lewis Self (archive footage)
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