Name: Improvisation
Genre: documentary, music
Released: 2004
Duration: 75 min
Cast: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins

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.

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Norman Granz
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Count Basie
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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
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Bobby Durham

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