Movie

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Name: Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1990
Rating: 9.0

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

Year: 1990 Rating: 9.0/10

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

David Sanborn

Self

Clark Terry

Self

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Cast

Benny Carter

Burt Lancaster

Nat King Cole

Leonard Feather

Ella Fitzgerald

Dizzy Gillespie

Billie Holiday

Lena Horne

Quincy Jones

Stanley Jordan

Ella Mae Morse

André Previn

David Sanborn

Clark Terry

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