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Benny Carter : symphony in riffs

Title
  1. Benny Carter : symphony in riffs / directed by Harrison Engle.
Published by
  1. New York, N.Y. : Rhapsody Films, 1995, 1989.
Format
  1. VHS

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Additional authors
  1. Fitzgerald, Ella
  2. Previn, André, 1929-2019
  3. Sanborn, David
  4. Feather, Leonard G.
  5. Jones, Quincy, 1933-2024
  6. Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
  7. Carter, Benny
  8. Horne, Lena
  9. Morse, Ella Mae
  10. Engle, Harrison
  11. Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994
  12. Strauss, Theodore, 1912-2009
  13. Benny Carter Orchestra, performer
  14. American Jazz Orchestra, performer
  15. McKinney's Cotton Pickers, performer
  16. Rhapsody Films
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, black and white and color; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Traces the life and career of Benny Carter, with interviews and clips of live performances.
Subject
  1. Carter, Benny. - [Browse in index]
  2. Carter, Benny -- Interviews. - [Browse in index]
  3. African American musicians. - [Browse in index]
  4. Big band music. - [Browse in index]
  5. Jazz musicians -- Interviews. - [Browse in index]
Genre/Form
  1. Biographical films.
  2. Documentary films.
  3. Jazz.
Contents
  1. Symphony in riffs -- Doozy -- Blues in my heart -- Souvenir -- Sky dance -- Sleep -- Melancholy lullaby -- Shoot the works -- Back Bay boogie -- Swingin' at Maida Vale -- Waltzing the blues -- When lights are low -- Lazy afternoon -- Savoy stampede -- Jump call -- Patience and fortitude -- People, people, people -- Misty -- Easy money -- All that jazz -- Six or seven times -- Krazy kapers -- Dee blues -- Charleston is the best dance after all -- I'd love it -- Stardust -- Honeysuckle rose -- I surrender dear -- Blue mountain -- On Green Dolphin Street -- You'd be so nice to come home to -- The pawnbroker -- All of me -- Cow cow boogie -- My one and only love -- All day all night Marianne.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-393
Language
  1. English
Credits (note)
  1. Producer, Harrison Engle ; executive producer, Lucille Ostrow ; screenwriter, Theodore Strauss.
System details (note)
  1. VHS.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
Performer
  1. Narrated by Burt Lancaster, with Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, André Previn, David Sanborn, Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones, and Dizzy Gillespie. Performers include Lena Horne ; Ella Mae Morse ; American Jazz Orchestra ; Benny Carter Orchestra ; Chocolate Dandies.
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Publisher no.
  1. 9031 Rhapsody Films
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