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  • Jazz Risk: 1945-1955 (Season 1, Episode 8)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 123 min | Documentary, History, Music

Jazz

Risk: 1945-1955 (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 123 min | Documentary, History, Music

The postwar years bring prosperity, but the Cold War threat makes these anxious years as well. In jazz, this underlying tension will be reflected in bebop, and in the troubled life of it's biggest star, Charlie Parker. Dizzy Gillespie, ...See moreThe postwar years bring prosperity, but the Cold War threat makes these anxious years as well. In jazz, this underlying tension will be reflected in bebop, and in the troubled life of it's biggest star, Charlie Parker. Dizzy Gillespie, tries to popularize the new sound by adding showmanship and Latin rhythms, while pianist Thelonius Monk infuses it with his eccentric personality to create a music all his own. Dave Brubeck mixes jazz with classical music to produce a million-seller LP. But one man remains determined to give jazz popular appeal on his own terms, the trumpet player Miles Davis. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
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Sandra Christie (as Sandra Marie Christie)
Status
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Updated Jan 24, 2001

Release date
Jan 24, 2001 (United States)

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38 cast members
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Louis Armstrong
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Kevin Conway
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Keith David
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Billie Holiday
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Louis Jordan
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Anthony LaPaglia
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Delroy Lindo
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Modern Jazz Quartet
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Thelonious Monk
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Charlie Parker
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Sugar Ray Robinson
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Frank Sinatra
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Jack Teagarden
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