Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Name: Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1990
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 9

1990 · 58 min

Documentary · Music

★ 9.0

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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

Crew

Director Harrison Engle
Writer Theodore Strauss

Cast

Benny Carter
Self
Burt Lancaster
Self - Narrator
Nat King Cole
Self (archive footage)
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Leonard Feather
Self
Ella Fitzgerald
Self
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne
Self (archive footage)
Quincy Jones
Self
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Stanley Jordan
Self
Ella Mae Morse
Self (archive footage)
André Previn
Self

Crew

Director — Harrison Engle
Writer — Theodore Strauss

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