| Episode credited cast: |
 | Ginger Baker | - | Himself |
 | Amiri Baraka | - | Himself (as Amiri Baraka [LeRoi Jones]) |
| Big Bill Broonzy | - | Himself (archive footage) |
 | James Brown | - | Himself (archive footage) |
| The Buck Ram Platters | - | Themselves |
| The Segun Bugna Troupe | - | Themselves |
 | Ray Charles | - | Himself |
| Como Mississippi Fife & Drums Corps | - | Themselves |
 | Fats Domino | - | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jimmie Driftwood | - | Himself (as Jimmy Driftwood) |
 | Duke Ellington | - | Himself (archive footage) |
| John Hammond | - | Himself |
 | Lightnin Hopkins | - | Himself (as Lightnin' Hopkins) |
 | Fela Kuti | - | Himself (as Fela Ransome-Kuti) |
| Paul Oliver | - | Himself |
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