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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)

October. 29,1990
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6.5
| Documentary Music
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

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: Symphony in Riffs

1990  / 0 hr 58 min
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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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Director
Harrison Engle
Cast
Benny Carter, Burt Lancaster
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Gannett/Anacapa
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Documentary Music
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Cast

Benny Carter Self
Burt Lancaster Self - Narrator
Nat King Cole Self (archive footage)

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