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

• Harrison EngleDirector
• Theodore StraussWriter

• Benny CarterSelf
• Burt LancasterSelf - Narrator
• Nat King ColeSelf (archive footage)
• Leonard FeatherSelf
• Ella FitzgeraldSelf
• Dizzy GillespieSelf
• Billie HolidaySelf (archive footage)
• Lena HorneSelf (archive footage)
• Quincy JonesSelf
• Stanley JordanSelf
• Ella Mae MorseSelf (archive footage)
• André PrevinSelf