Piano Blues

Piano Blues

85 mins | Documentary, Music | Jan. 1, 2003

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.

Piano Blues

85 mins | Documentary, Music | Jan. 1, 2003

Piano Blues
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Cappa Productions, BBC
Original title Piano Blues
Directors Clint Eastwood
Writers

Cast

Ray Charles

as Self

Dave Brubeck

as Self

Clint Eastwood

as Self

Cab Calloway

as Self (archive footage)

Nat King Cole

as Self (archive footage)

Fats Domino

as Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

as Self (archive footage)

Muddy Waters

as Self (archive footage)

André Previn

as Self (archive footage)

Count Basie

as Self (archive footage)

Dr. John

as Self

Linda Hopkins

as Self (archive footage)

Pete Jolly

as Self

Thelonious Monk

as Self (archive footage)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

as Self (archive footage)

Oscar Peterson

as Self (archive footage)

Big Joe Turner

as Self (archive footage)

Art Tatum

as Self (archive footage)

Otis Spann

as Self (archive footage)

Pinetop Perkins

as Self

Jay McShann

as Self

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

as Self (archive footage)

Dorothy Donegan

as Self (archive footage)

Willie Dixon

as Self (archive footage)

Henry 'Professor Longhair' Byrd

as Self (archive footage)

Marcia Ball

as Self

Albert Ammons

as Self (archive footage)