8. Risk: 1945-1955 (2001)
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.
Release date: 2001-01-24
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Season number: 1
Episode number: 8
Runtime: 119 minutes
Director: Ken Burns
Cast
Keith David
as Narrator (voice)
Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
as Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman
as Self (archive footage)
Artie Shaw
as Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
as Self (archive footage)
Glenn Miller
as Self (archive footage)
Dave Brubeck
as Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
as Self (archive footage)
Art Blakey
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Mingus
as Self (archive footage)
Wynton Marsalis
as Self
Miles Davis
as Self (archive footage)
Stanley Crouch
as Self
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Sidney Bechet - Self (archive footage), Art Tatum - Self (archive footage), Lester Young - Self (archive footage)