Improvisation

Improvisation 2004 Directed by Norman Granz

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.

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gneres Documentary , Music

Release Date 1 January 2004

75 mins

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