Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
Overview
Burt Lancaster narrates this overview of the incredible career of jazz saxophonist Benny Carter, one of the chief architects of the Big Band sound. COMMENTARY BY QUINCY JONES, DIZZY GILLESPIE, ELLA FITZGERALD, LENA HORNE AND MORE
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Burt Lancaster narrates this overview of the incredible career of jazz saxophonist Benny Carter, one of the chief architects of the Big Band sound. COMMENTARY BY QUINCY JONES, DIZZY GILLESPIE, ELLA FITZGERALD, LENA HORNE AND MORE Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs is a Documentary, Music movie, released on 1990-06-26, runtime 58 minutes.
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Directed by
Harrison Engle
Cast
- Benny Carter as Self
- Burt Lancaster as Self - Narrator
- Nat King Cole as Self (archive footage)
- Leonard Feather as Self
- Ella Fitzgerald as Self
- Dizzy Gillespie as Self
- Billie Holiday as Self (archive footage)
- Lena Horne as Self (archive footage)
- Quincy Jones as Self
- Stanley Jordan as Self
- Ella Mae Morse as Self (archive footage)
- André Previn as Self
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