Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of places from The Basin St. West Jazz Club, the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival, and his first Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral. This program was described by Ellington in his autobiography as the best film about Duke Ellington ever made...
Cast
Cat Anderson
Self
Louie Bellson
Self
Bunny Briggs
Self
Lawrence Brown
Self
Harry Carney
Self
Chuck Connors
Self
Buster Cooper
Self
Duke Ellington
Self
Mercer Ellington
Self
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
Paul Gonsalves
Self
Jimmy Hamilton
Self
Jon Hendricks
Self
Earl Hines
Self
Johnny Hodges
Self
Herbie Jones
Self
John Lamb
Self
Queen Esther Marrow
Self
Russell Procope
Self
Thomas Whaley
Self
Cootie Williams
Self
Crew
Richard Moore
Director, Producer
Philip Greene
Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Irving Saraf
Editor, Director of Photography
Lane Slate
Director of Photography, Executive Producer
Joe Dieves
Director of Photography
Ralph J. Gleason
Producer, Original Concept
Robert N. Zagone
Production Assistant
Wally Heider
Sound
Stanley Kronquest
Sound