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Film / 1990
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Directed by
Harrison Engle
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
Cast
Benny CarterSelf
Burt LancasterSelf - Narrator
Nat King ColeSelf (archive footage)
Leonard FeatherSelf
Ella FitzgeraldSelf
Dizzy GillespieSelf
Billie HolidaySelf (archive footage)
Lena HorneSelf (archive footage)
Quincy JonesSelf
Stanley JordanSelf
Ella Mae MorseSelf (archive footage)
André PrevinSelf
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