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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

9.0 / 10 9.0 1990 58m
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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

Directed by Harrison Engle

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Benny Carter
Benny CarterSelf
Burt Lancaster
Burt LancasterSelf - Narrator
Nat King Cole
Nat King ColeSelf (archive footage)
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Leonard FeatherSelf
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella FitzgeraldSelf
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy GillespieSelf
Billie Holiday
Billie HolidaySelf (archive footage)
Lena Horne
Lena HorneSelf (archive footage)
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