Director
Joseph Kohn
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Willie Bryant
Self - Host
Nipsey Russell
Self - Comedian
Lionel Hampton
Self - Orchestra Leader
Herb Jeffries
Self - Singer
Amos Milburn
Mantan Moreland
Sarah Vaughan
Ruth Brown
Paul Williams
Martha Davis
Nat 'King' Cole
The Larks
Themselves - Singers
Cab Calloway
Dinah Washington
Bill Bailey
Self - Tap Dancer
The Clovers
Delta Rhythm Boys
Charles 'Honi' Coles
Duke Ellington
Cholly Atkins
Larry Darnell
Big Joe Turner
Count Basie
Orchestra Leader
Faye Adams
Freddy and Flo
Themselves - Comedians
Leonard Reed
Self
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Themselves - Orchestra
Little Buck
Jimmy Brown
Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Jonah Jones
Self - Trumpet Player
The Businessmen of Rhythm
Themselves - Tap Dancers
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Self - Comedian (1955)
Freddie Robinson
Self - Comedian(uncredited)