Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)

9.0/10 • 58 min • 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

Cast

Benny Carter

Burt Lancaster

Self - Narrator

Nat King Cole

Self (archive footage)

Ella Fitzgerald

Dizzy Gillespie

Billie Holiday

Self (archive footage)

Lena Horne

Self (archive footage)

Quincy Jones

Ella Mae Morse

Self (archive footage)

André Previn

David Sanborn

Clark Terry

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