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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

9.0(1)

58m

1990

Released

en

Documentary Music

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

Release Date

June 26, 1990

Production

Gannett/Anacapa, Lucille Ostrow Production

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Cast

14 people

Benny Carter

Benny Carter

Benny Carter

Self

Sound

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Self - Narrator

Acting

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Leonard Feather

Leonard Feather

Self

Acting

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Self

Acting

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Self

Acting

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Self

Sound

Stanley Jordan

Stanley Jordan

Self

Acting

Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse

Self (archive footage)

Acting

André Previn

André Previn

Self

Sound

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