26 June 1990 Factual, Music 58 mins
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 as Self
Burt Lancaster as Self - Narrator
Nat King Cole as Self (archive footage)
Leonard Feather as Self
Ella Fitzgerald as Self
Dizzy Gillespie as Self
Billie Holiday as Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne as Self (archive footage)
Quincy Jones as Self
Stanley Jordan as Self
Ella Mae Morse as Self (archive footage)
André Previn as Self
David Sanborn as Self
Clark Terry as Self
Harrison Engle Director
Theodore Strauss Writer
Harrison Engle Producer
Philip Hurn Cinematography
United Kingdom 26 June 1990
United States 29 October 1990
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