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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

★ 9/10 · 1 votes 1990 0h 58m Released

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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

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Benny Carter Benny Carter Self Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster Self - Narrator Nat King Cole Nat King Cole Self (archive footage) L Leonard Feather Self Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Self Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie Self

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