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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990, Jun 26
0h 58m
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
Directed by
Harrison Engle
Written by
Theodore Strauss
Dizzy Gillespie
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Burt Lancaster
Self - Narrator
Ella Mae Morse
Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne
Self (archive footage)
Clark Terry
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
David Sanborn
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Leonard Feather
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Stanley Jordan
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