Name	Known for
Ginger Baker Self Self See fewer	The Harder They Fall (2021)
Amiri Baraka Self (as Amiri Baraka [LeRoi Jones]) Self (as Amiri Baraka [LeRoi Jones]) See fewer	Bulworth (1998)
Big Bill Broonzy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Terminal (2004)
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Buck Ram Platters Themselves Themselves See fewer	All You Need Is Love (1977)
The Segun Bugna Troupe Themselves Themselves See fewer	All You Need Is Love (1977)
Ray Charles Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Como Mississippi Fife & Drums Corps Themselves Themselves See fewer	All You Need Is Love (1977)
Fats Domino Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Jimmie Driftwood Self (as Jimmy Driftwood) Self (as Jimmy Driftwood) See fewer	Dead Poets Society (1989)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Fisk University Jubilee Singers Themselves (as Fisk Jubilee Singers) Themselves (as Fisk Jubilee Singers) See fewer	Tennessee Civil War 150 (2011)
John Hammond Self Self See fewer	Remember My Name (1978)
Lightnin Hopkins Self (as Lightnin' Hopkins) Self (as Lightnin' Hopkins) See fewer	Crazy Heart (2009)
Fela Kuti Self (as Fela Ransome-Kuti) Self (as Fela Ransome-Kuti) See fewer	The Harder They Fall (2021)
Paul Oliver Self Self See fewer	All You Need Is Love (1977)
Tunji Oyelana Self - University of Ibadan, Nigeria Self - University of Ibadan, Nigeria See fewer	Un dieu au bord de la route (1994)
The Staple Singers Themselves Themselves See fewer	6 Underground (2019)
Rufus Thomas Self Self See fewer	War Dogs (2016)
Tina Turner Self Self See fewer	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Jerry Wexler Self Self See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)