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Cast

R
Ray Charles
as Self
D
Dave Brubeck
as Self
C
Clint Eastwood
as Self
C
Cab Calloway
as Self (archive footage)
N
Nat King Cole
as Self (archive footage)
F
Fats Domino
as Self (archive footage)
D
Duke Ellington
as Self (archive footage)
M
Muddy Waters
as Self (archive footage)
A
André Previn
as Self (archive footage)
C
Count Basie
as Self (archive footage)
D
Dr. John
as Self
L
Linda Hopkins
as Self (archive footage)
P
Pete Jolly
as Self
T
Thelonious Monk
as Self (archive footage)
I
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
as Self (archive footage)
O
Oscar Peterson
as Self (archive footage)
B
Big Joe Turner
as Self (archive footage)
A
Art Tatum
as Self (archive footage)
O
Otis Spann
as Self (archive footage)
P
Pinetop Perkins
as Self
J
Jay McShann
as Self
M
Meade 'Lux' Lewis
as Self (archive footage)
D
Dorothy Donegan
as Self (archive footage)
W
Willie Dixon
as Self (archive footage)
P
Professor Longhair
as Self (archive footage)
M
Marcia Ball
as Self
A
Albert Ammons
as Self (archive footage)

Crew

C
Clint Eastwood
Director
J
Joel Cox
Editor
V
Vic Losick
Cinematography

The Blues

The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues. The series originally aired on PBS in the United States.