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Improvisation

2004· 1h 15m

MusicDocumentary

Directed by Norman Granz

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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.

Cast

Count Basie

Count Basie

Self

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Self

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Self

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Self

Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins

Self

Charlie Parker

Self

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