Jazz Miniseries Episode 8 Risk: 1945-1955 2001
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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.
- Released: 2001-01-24
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman
- Director: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
