Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
58 min
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
- Release date
- June 26, 1990
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
Cast
- Benny Carter as Self
- Leonard Feather as Self
- Ella Fitzgerald as Self
- Dizzy Gillespie as Self
- Quincy Jones as Self
- Stanley Jordan as Self
- Burt Lancaster as Self - Narrator
Crew
- Nat 'King' Cole · Archive footage
- Billie Holiday · Archive footage
- Lena Horne · Archive footage
- Harrison Engle · Director
- Theodore Strauss · Writer
- Harrison Engle · Producer
- Philip Hurn · Cinematographer