Piano Blues

Clint Eastwood
2003-10-04


6.5
85 min

Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ray Charles Self Unowned
Dave Brubeck Self Unowned
Clint Eastwood Self Calvin and Nobbs
Cab Calloway Self (archive footage) Unowned
Nat King Cole Self (archive footage) Unowned
Fats Domino Self (archive footage) Unowned
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Unowned
Muddy Waters Self (archive footage) Unowned
André Previn Self (archive footage) Unowned
Count Basie Self (archive footage) Unowned
Dr. John Self Unowned
Linda Hopkins Self (archive footage) Unowned
Pete Jolly Self Unowned
Thelonious Monk Self (archive footage) Unowned
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Self (archive footage) Unowned
Oscar Peterson Self (archive footage) Unowned
Big Joe Turner Self (archive footage) Unowned
Art Tatum Self (archive footage) Unowned
Otis Spann Self (archive footage) Unowned
Pinetop Perkins Self Unowned
Jay McShann Self Unowned
Meade 'Lux' Lewis Self (archive footage) Unowned
Dorothy Donegan Self (archive footage) Unowned
Willie Dixon Self (archive footage) Unowned
Professor Longhair Self (archive footage) Unowned
Marcia Ball Self Unowned
Albert Ammons Self (archive footage) Unowned