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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

9.0 (1)1990-06-2658m
DocumentaryMusic

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

Production
Gannett/Anacapa, Lucille Ostrow Production

Tags & Hashtags

#musicdocumentary#documentary#jazzmusic

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Cast

Benny Carter

Benny Carter

Self

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Self - Narrator

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole

Self (archive footage)

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Self

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Self

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Self (archive footage)

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Self (archive footage)

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Self

Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse

Self (archive footage)

André Previn

André Previn

Self

David Sanborn

David Sanborn

Self

Clark Terry

Clark Terry

Self

Crew

Director
Harrison Engle
Writers
Theodore Strauss
Producers
Harrison Engle,Lucille Ostrow

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