Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
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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Cast
- Benny Carter — Self
- Burt Lancaster — Self - Narrator
- Nat King Cole — Self (archive footage)
- Leonard Feather — Self
- Ella Fitzgerald — Self
- Dizzy Gillespie — Self
- Billie Holiday — Self (archive footage)
- Lena Horne — Self (archive footage)
- Quincy Jones — Self
- Stanley Jordan — Self
- Ella Mae Morse — Self (archive footage)
- André Previn — Self
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