Improvisation

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2004 · 75 min · Music · Documentary

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.

Directed by Norman Granz

Cast

• Count Basie — Self
• Duke Ellington — Self
• Ella Fitzgerald — Self
• Dizzy Gillespie — Self
• Coleman Hawkins — Self