Improvisation
January 1, 2004•1h 15m
MusicDocumentary
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 GranzCast
Count Basie
Self
Duke Ellington
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Coleman Hawkins
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Charlie Parker
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Oscar Peterson
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Buddy Rich
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Lester Young
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Ray Brown
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Hank Jones
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Flip Phillips
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Harry Edison
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Joe Pass
Self (archive footage)
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Bobby Durham
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
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