Directed by
| Franco Maresco | ||
Writing Credits
| Franco Maresco | ... | (story and screenplay) & |
| Claudia Uzzo | ... | (story and screenplay) |
Cast (in credits order)
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Tony Scott | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Tonny Arco | ... | Self |
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Fran Attaway | ... | Self |
| Count Basie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Filippo Bianchi | ... | Self |
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Paolo Bonolis | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Alessandro Cerino | ... | Self | |
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Bepi D'Amato | ... | Self |
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Franco D'Andrea | ... | Self |
| Miles Davis | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Buddy DeFranco | ... | Self | |
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Stefano Di Battista | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Jimmy Dorsey | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tommy Dorsey | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Duke Ellington | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Bill Evans | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Vittorio Franchini | ... | Self |
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Gianfranco Funari | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Dizzy Gillespie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Ira Gitler | ... | Self |
| Benny Goodman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Gianni Gualberto | ... | Self |
| Billie Holiday | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Nikita Khrushchev | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Jimmie Lunceford | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Zedong Mao | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) | |
| Charles Mingus | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Gabriele Mirabassi | ... | Self |
| Romano Mussolini | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Charlie Parker | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Bud Powell | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Enrico Rava | ... | Self |
| Artie Shaw | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Sukarno | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Mauro Verrone | ... | Self |
| Ben Webster | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lester Young | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Shin'ichi Yuize | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Stefano Zenni | ... | Self |
| Franco Maresco | ... | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
Produced by
| Giuseppe Bisso | ... | executive producer / producer |
Cinematography by
| Alessandro Abate | ||
Editing by
| Edoardo Morabito | ||
Production Management
| Ferdinando Cocco | ... | unit manager |
| Gabriele Mocera | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Gabriele Mocera | ... | assistant director |
| Claudia Uzzo | ... | director: collaborator |
Sound Department
| Luca Bertolin | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Giuseppe Malpasso | ... | additional cinematographer |
Editorial Department
| Gabriele Mocera | ... | assistant editor |
Additional Crew
| Salvatore Bongiorno | ... | production assistant |
| Giuseppe Cacciatore | ... | production assistant |
| Claudio Colomba | ... | production assistant |
| Giovanni Navarra | ... | production assistant |
| Lewis Porter | ... | music consultant |
| Stefano Zenni | ... | music consultant |
Thanks
| Hank Jones | ... | dedicatee |
| Dick Katz | ... | dedicatee |
| Gregorio Napoli | ... | dedicatee |
