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.

Music Documentary

Ray Charles

(Self)

Dave Brubeck

(Self)

Clint Eastwood

(Self)

Cab Calloway

(Self (archive footage))

Nat King Cole

(Self (archive footage))

Fats Domino

(Self (archive footage))

Duke Ellington

(Self (archive footage))

Muddy Waters

(Self (archive footage))

André Previn

(Self (archive footage))

Count Basie

(Self (archive footage))

Dr. John

(Self)

Linda Hopkins

(Self (archive footage))

Pete Jolly

(Self)

Thelonious Monk

(Self (archive footage))

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

(Self (archive footage))

Oscar Peterson

(Self (archive footage))

Big Joe Turner

(Self (archive footage))

Art Tatum

(Self (archive footage))

Otis Spann

(Self (archive footage))

Pinetop Perkins

(Self)

Jay McShann

(Self)

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

(Self (archive footage))

Dorothy Donegan

(Self (archive footage))

Willie Dixon

(Self (archive footage))

Professor Longhair

(Self (archive footage))

Marcia Ball

(Self)

Albert Ammons

(Self (archive footage))