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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
Burt Lancaster
Self - Narrator
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
Lena Horne
Self (archive footage)
David Sanborn
Self
Nat King Cole
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald
Self
Clark Terry
Self
Ella Mae Morse
Self (archive footage)
Leonard Feather
Self
Stanley Jordan
Self
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