Documentary ·Music · 1990 · 58m

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

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Director
Harrison Engle
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
Crew
Theodore Strauss — Writer Harrison Engle — Producer
Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes
music documentarydocumentaryjazz music
Key Collaborators
Harrison Engle Director Theodore Strauss Writer Harrison Engle Producer
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