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Name	Episodes	Known for
Keith David Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	10	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Wynton Marsalis Self - Trumpet / Self - jazz historian / Self - Trumpeter / Self - composer / Self - trumpeter Self - Trumpet / Self - jazz historian / Self - Trumpeter / Self - composer / Self - trumpeter See fewer	9	A Star Is Born (2018)
Louis Armstrong Self - trumpeter / Self - composer / Self - vocalist / Self - actor Self - trumpeter / Self - composer / Self - vocalist / Self - actor See fewer	8	High Society (1956)
Gary Giddins Self - music critic Self - music critic See fewer	8	American Masters (1985)
Delroy Lindo Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	7	Get Shorty (1995)
Kevin Conway Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	7	Gettysburg (1993)
Duke Ellington Self - composer / Self - pianist / Self - bandleader Self - composer / Self - pianist / Self - bandleader See fewer	7	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Gerald Early Self - writer / Self - Writer Self - writer / Self - Writer See fewer	7	King of Cool (2021)
Samuel L. Jackson Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	6	Pulp Fiction (1994)
Philip Bosco Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	6	The Savages (2007)
Billie Holiday Self Self See fewer	5	Minority Report (2002)
Artie Shaw Self - clarinetist / Self - composer / Self - bandleader / Self - actor Self - clarinetist / Self - composer / Self - bandleader / Self - actor See fewer	5	The Rocketeer (1991)
Stanley Crouch Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	5	Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
Arvell Shaw Self - bassist Self - bassist See fewer	5	High Society (1956)
Jimmy Rowles Self Self See fewer	5	Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
Margo Jefferson Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	5	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Courtney B. Vance Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	4	The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Benny Goodman Self - clarinetist / Self - bandleader Self - clarinetist / Self - bandleader See fewer	4	Allied (2016)
Branford Marsalis Self Self See fewer	4	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Dave Brubeck Self - Piano Self - Piano See fewer	4	Inland Empire (2006)
George Wein Self Self See fewer	4	Festival (1967)
Jackie McLean Self Self See fewer	4	The Forger (2012)
Ann Duquesnay Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	4	The Cotton Club (1984)
James Lincoln Collier Self - biographer / Self - writer Self - biographer / Self - writer See fewer	4	Danny Jones (1972)
Harry Connick Jr. Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	3	Hope Floats (1998)
Ossie Davis Self Self See fewer	3	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Studs Terkel Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	3	Eight Men Out (1988)
Gene Krupa Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	3	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Cassandra Wilson Self Self See fewer	3	Junior (1994)
Sidney Bechet Self - composer / Self - saxophonist / Self - clarinetist Self - composer / Self - saxophonist / Self - clarinetist See fewer	3	JFK (1991)
Mercedes Ellington Self Self See fewer	3	So Fine (1981)
Lester Bowie Self - Trumpeter Self - Trumpeter See fewer	3	Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
Milt Hinton Self - Bassist Self - Bassist See fewer	3	Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Matt Glaser Self - musician Self - musician See fewer	3	Baseball (1994)
Phil Schaap Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	3	This Is Ragtime: The Birth of American Music
Stan Levey Self Self See fewer	3	Who Knows? (2001)
Michael Cuscuna Self Self See fewer	3	New Stars on Blue Note (1990)
Lorraine Gordon Self Self See fewer	3	Motian in Motion (2020)
James Maher Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	3	American Masters (1985)
Wendy Makkena Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	2	Sister Act (1992)
Matthew Broderick Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	2	The Producers (2005)
Avery Brooks Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	2	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Derek Jacobi Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	2	Gosford Park (2001)
Joe Morton Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	2	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Charles Durning Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	2	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Tom Bower Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	2	Die Hard 2 (1990)
James Naughton Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	2	Cat's Eye (1985)
Bertrand Tavernier Self Self See fewer	2	A Sunday in the Country (1984)
Ethel Waters Self Self See fewer	2	Pinky (1949)
Ella Fitzgerald Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	Sphere (1998)
Sly Stone Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	Stealth (2005)
Dizzy Gillespie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Norma Miller Self Self See fewer	2	Malcolm X (1992)
Thelonious Monk Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	The Omega Man (1971)
Vernel Bagneris Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	2	Down by Law (1986)
Paul Whiteman Self Self See fewer	2	Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Bessie Smith Self - singer Self - singer See fewer	2	Angel Heart (1987)
Jon Hendricks Self - singer Self - singer See fewer	2	White Men Can't Jump (1992)
Hodding Carter III Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	2	The American Ruling Class (2005)
Bix Beiderbecke Self - cornetist / Self - pianist / Self - composer Self - cornetist / Self - pianist / Self - composer See fewer	2	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton Self (as Jelly Roll Morton) Self (as Jelly Roll Morton) See fewer	2	Last Man Standing (1996)
James P. Johnson Self Self See fewer	2	Southland Tales (2006)
Frankie Manning Self Self See fewer	2	Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Harry Edison Self Self See fewer	2	Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Joshua Redman Self Self See fewer	2	Space Cowboys (2000)
Buck O'Neil Self Self See fewer	2	Baseball (1994)
Earl 'Fatha' Hines Self - pianist / Self - bandleader Self - pianist / Self - bandleader See fewer	2	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Jay McShann Self Self See fewer	2	American Splendor (2003)
Quincy Troupe Self Self See fewer	2	The Power of the Word with Bill Moyers (1989)
Fletcher Henderson Self Self See fewer	2	Barton Fink (1991)
Buddy Bolden Self Self See fewer	2	Bluff Stop (1977)
Joe Lovano Self Self See fewer	2	The Missing Person (2009)
Joya Sherrill Self Self See fewer	2	Time for Joya! (1970)
Joe Oliver Self (as King Oliver) Self (as King Oliver) See fewer	2	Blue Jasmine (2013)
Willie 'The Lion' Smith Self Self See fewer	2	Jazz Party (1958)
Helen Oakley Dance Self Self See fewer	2	American Masters (1985)
Phoebe Jacobs Self - Publicist / Self - publicist Self - Publicist / Self - publicist See fewer	2	American Masters (1985)
James Reese Europe Self Self See fewer	2	DCPS Crushing the Game (2022)
John Sanders Self - trombonist / Self - Former Ellington Trombone Player Self - trombonist / Self - Former Ellington Trombone Player See fewer	2	Jazz (2001)
Amy Madigan Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	1	Streets of Fire (1984)
Cherry Jones Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	1	Signs (2002)
Anthony LaPaglia Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	1	Without a Trace (2002)
Adam Arkin Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	1	Get Shorty (2017)
Elvis Presley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Bruce Davison Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	1	X-Men (2000)
Frank Sinatra Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	From Here to Eternity (1953)
Eriq La Salle Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	1	ER (1994)
Paul McCartney Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Ringo Starr Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
John Lennon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
George Harrison Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Joseph Goebbels Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Der Führer (1932)
Frances Taylor Self Self See fewer	1	The Party (1968)
Miles Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Adrift (I) (2018)
Herbie Hancock Self Self See fewer	1	'Round Midnight (1986)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Abbey Lincoln Self Self See fewer	1	Nothing But a Man (1964)
Allen Ginsberg Self Self See fewer	1	Beginners (2010)
Glenn Miller Self - Trombonist, Bandleade (archive footage) Self - Trombonist, Bandleade (archive footage) See fewer	1	Wild at Heart (1990)
Sugar Ray Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Candy (1968)
Tommy Dorsey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Ship Ahoy (1942)
Sarah Vaughan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
Charles Mingus Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Jerry Maguire (1996)
Louis Jordan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Charlie Parker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Seven (1995)
Lester Young Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	On the Road (2012)
Lionel Hampton Self Self See fewer	1	Allied (2016)
Jack Teagarden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Reminiscence (2021)
Dianne Reeves Self Self See fewer	1	Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Modern Jazz Quartet Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
M.C. Solaar Self Self See fewer	1	True Blood (2008)
Keith Lee Grant Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	1	The Edge of Night (1956)
Art Blakey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	I Called Him Morgan (2016)
Kevin Ramsey Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	1	Foreigners' Tales (2018)
Ron Carter Self Self See fewer	1	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
João Gilberto Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	V for Vendetta (2005)
Teddy Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)
John Hammond Self - Record Producer, Critic (archive footage) Self - Record Producer, Critic (archive footage) See fewer	1	Remember My Name (1978)
Clark Terry Self Self See fewer	1	On the Rocks (2020)
Nat Hentoff Self - writer Self - writer See fewer	1	Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Chick Webb Self - Drummer, Band Leader (archive footage) Self - Drummer, Band Leader (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Age of Adaline (2015)
Dan Morgenstern Self Self See fewer	1	American Masters (1985)
Ornette Coleman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Naked Lunch (1991)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Self Self See fewer	1	The Forbidden Shore (2016)
Jimmy Cobb Self Self See fewer	1	Dexter (2006)
Doc Cheatham Self - trumpeter Self - trumpeter See fewer	1	Remember My Name (1978)
James Carter Self Self See fewer	1	Great Expectations (1998)
Regina Carter Self Self See fewer	1	These Girls Are Missing (1995)
Jimmie Lunceford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Swing Kids (1993)
Gene Lees Self Self See fewer	1	V for Vendetta (2005)
Jerry Jerome Self Self See fewer	1	Open the Door Richard (1947)
Nicholas Payton Self Self See fewer	1	Lady and the Tramp (2019)
Albert Murray Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	1	Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)
Benny Waters Self - saxophonist Self - saxophonist See fewer	1	Allons au cinéma (1975)
Eric George Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	1	Jazz (2001)
Richard M. Sudhalter Self - biographer Self - biographer See fewer	1	Jazz (2001)
Johnny Collins Self Self See fewer	1	Biography (1987)
Richard Nixon Self (presents Duke Ellington with Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969) (archive footage) Self (presents Duke Ellington with Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969) (archive footage) See fewer		Frost/Nixon (2008)
Edward R. Murrow Self (interviews Duke Ellington) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (interviews Duke Ellington) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited) See fewer		The President's Mystery (1936)
Charles J. Correll Self - Andrew 'Andy' Brown (from 'Check and Double Check' (1930)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Andrew 'Andy' Brown (from 'Check and Double Check' (1930)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Check and Double Check (1930)
Freeman F. Gosden Self - Amos (from 'Check and Double Check' (1930)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Amos (from 'Check and Double Check' (1930)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Check and Double Check (1930)