Jazz Miniseries Episode 8 Risk: 1945-1955 ( Air Date 2001-01-24 ) Genre Documentary category. Overview "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.".
Stars:
Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller, Dave Brubeck, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Wynton Marsalis, Miles Davis, Lester Young, Stanley Crouch
Director:
Lynn Novick, Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward