Film

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

1990 · 58m

Documentary, Music

TMDB 9.0 · 1 votes

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
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