Song of the Spirit (1988)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • introduction

      John Lewis

    • narrator

      John Farrell

    • Lester (age 6)

      Jamie Monita

    • Lester (age 17)

      Dakin Hargest

    • Lester in courtroom

      Howard Harrison

    • Himself

      Jerry Newhouse

    • on-screen participant

      John Lewis

    • on-screen participant

      Beverly Young

    • on-screen participant

      Buster Smith

    • on-screen participant

      Count Basie

    • on-screen participant

      John Hammond

    • on-screen participant

      Andy Kirk

    • on-screen participant

      Buck Clayton

    • on-screen participant

      Roy Eldridge

    • on-screen participant

      Jo Jones

    • on-screen participant

      Red Callender

    • on-screen participant

      Norman Granz

    • on-screen participant

      Dizzy Gillespie

    • on-screen participant

      Connie Kay

    • on-screen participant

      Bobby Scott

    • on-screen participant

      Al Grey

    • on-screen participant

      Jon Hendricks

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      Bruce Fredericksen

    • Assistant Director

      Warren Harmon

    Production:

    • Production Company

      Bruce Fredericksen

    • Producer

      Bruce Fredericksen

    • Post-production Supervisor

      Bob Rohde

    • Special Project Assistant

      Kay La Fleur

    • Special Project Assistant

      Mark Petty

    • Special Project Assistant

      Gregg Johnson

    • Special Project Assistant

      Brenda Westling

    • Special Project Assistant

      Mark Westling

    Photography:

    • Videography

      David Parry

    • Videography

      Rick Kane

    • Videography

      Tom Resek

    • Videography

      Terry Faust

    • Videography

      Joel Fredericksen

    • Videography

      Jane Rogge

    • Photography

      Warren Harmon

    Stills:

    • Stills Provider

      Pat Dablow

    • Still Provider

      Nancy Miller Elliott

    • Stills Provider

      Jeanne Pettiford

    • Stills Provider

      Frank Driggs

    • Stills Provider

      William Gottlieb

    • Stills Provider

      Douglas Daniels

    • Stills Provider

      Red Callender

    • Stills Provider

      Roy Eldridge

    • Stills Provider

      Buster Smith

    • Stills Provider

      Lewis Porter

    • Stills Provider

      Minneapolis Historical Society

    • Stills Provider

      Minnesota Historical Society

    • Stills Provider

      Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Curtis Laine

    • Assistant Editor

      Tim Paulson

    Design:

    • Set Stylist

      Evelyn Holmquist

    • Artist

      Gail Sharpe

    • Artist

      Bill Whalberg

    • Artist

      Jonathan Nelson

    • Artist

      Julie Martinez

    Sound:

    • Audio Engineer

      Loren Deutz

    • Audio Engineer

      Clifford Hobson

    • Audio Engineer

      Dave Erbele

    • Audio Producers

      Creation Sound

    Consultant:

    • Film consultant

      Bob Deflores

    • Music Consultant

      Jerry Newhouse

    • Consultant

      Reginald Buckner

    • Consultant

      Leigh Kamman

    • Consultant

      Dave Faison

    • Consultant

      Dan Morgenstern

    • Consultant

      Lewis Porter

    • Consultant

      Beverly Young

    • Consultant

      Irv Williams