Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)

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 as Self
• Burt Lancaster as Self - Narrator
• Nat King Cole as Self (archive footage)
• Leonard Feather as Self
• Ella Fitzgerald as Self
• Dizzy Gillespie as Self
• Billie Holiday as Self (archive footage)
• Lena Horne as Self (archive footage)
• Quincy Jones as Self
• Stanley Jordan as Self

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