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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Name: Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1990-06-26
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Benny Carter, Burt Lancaster, Nat King Cole, Leonard Feather, Ella Fitzgerald

1990 · 58m · 9.0 on TMDB

Documentary Music

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

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

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