Improvisation (2004)

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

Self
Count Basie
Self
Duke Ellington
Self
H Hank Jones
Self
F Flip Phillips
Self
Harry Edison
Self (archive footage)
Joe Pass
Self
B Bobby Durham
Self
N Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Self
Ella Fitzgerald
Self
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
C Coleman Hawkins
Self
Charlie Parker
Self
Oscar Peterson
Self
B Buddy Rich
Self
L Lester Young
Self
R Ray Brown

Crew

Director
N Norman Granz