Music ·Documentary · United States of America · 2004 · 1h 15m

Improvisation

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Director
Norman Granz
Cast
Count Basie as Self Duke Ellington as Self Ella Fitzgerald as Self Dizzy Gillespie as Self Coleman Hawkins as Self Charlie Parker as Self
Synopsis

Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977, Joe Pass 1979, Ella Fitzgerald 1979, and Oscar Peterson at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977.

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