Jazz

Risk: 1945-1955

Miniseries    Episode 8
January 24, 2001    1h 59m    TV-PG
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The bop revolution’s influence would spread to other musicians, but unlike swing, it would never become a popular music. The rapid-fire solos and complicated chord structures made bop a musician’s music, unfit for dancing. Indeed, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie’s music even alienated established musicians like Armstrong. "Risk" provides an in-depth biography of the bright, brief life of Parker, and includes interviews with his former wife.
Directed By
Ken Burns
Written By
Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward

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Cast of Risk: 1945-1955
  • Keith DavidNarrator
  • Sidney BechetSelf (archive footage)
  • Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
  • Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
  • Benny GoodmanSelf (archive footage)
  • Artie ShawSelf (archive footage)
  • Billie HolidaySelf (archive footage)
  • Glenn MillerSelf (archive footage)
  • Dave BrubeckSelf (archive footage)
  • Art TatumSelf (archive footage)
  • John ColtraneSelf (archive footage)
  • Art BlakeySelf (archive footage)
  • Charles MingusSelf (archive footage)
  • Wynton MarsalisSelf
  • Miles DavisSelf (archive footage)
  • Lester YoungSelf (archive footage)

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