Improvisation(2004)

January 1, 2004

1h 15m

IMDb7.216

Overview

Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977, Joe Pass 1979, Ella Fitzgerald 1979, and Oscar Peterson at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977.

Director

Norman Granz

Cast

Count Basie

Self

Duke Ellington

Self

Ella Fitzgerald

Self

Dizzy Gillespie

Self

Coleman Hawkins

Self

Charlie Parker

Self

Oscar Peterson

Self

Buddy Rich

Self

Lester Young

Self

Ray Brown

Self

Hank Jones

Self

Flip Phillips

Self

Harry Edison

Self

Joe Pass

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Durham

Self

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Self

Crew

Director

Norman Granz

Details

Original Language

Country

United States of America