Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood (Play Misty for Me, Bird, Unforgiven) 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. Says Eastwood: "The blues has always been part of my musical life and the piano has a special place, beginning when my mother brought home all of Fats Waller's records. Also, the music has always played a part in my movies. A piano blues documentary gives me a chance to make a film that is more directly connected to the subject of the music than the features that I have been doing throughout my career."
Name | Type | Role | |
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Clint Eastwood | Writer | ||
Martha Davis | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Duke Ellington | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Henry 'Professor Longhair' Byrd | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Willie Dixon | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Cab Calloway | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Fats Domino | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Count Basie | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Ray Charles | Guest Star | Self | |
Dr. John | Guest Star | Self | |
Charles Brown | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Nat 'King' Cole | Guest Star | Self (archive footage) | |
Clint Eastwood | Guest Star | Self | |
Dave Brubeck | Guest Star | Self | |
Clint Eastwood | Director |