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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38 cast members

Name	Known for
Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Dave Brubeck Self Self See fewer	Inland Empire (2006)
Kevin Conway Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Gettysburg (1993)
Stanley Crouch Self Self See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Keith David Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
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Thelonious Monk Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Omega Man (1971)
Charlie Parker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Seven (1995)
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Jimmy Rowles Self Self See fewer	Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
Phil Schaap Self Self See fewer	This Is Ragtime: The Birth of American Music
Arvell Shaw Self Self See fewer	High Society (1956)
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Cassandra Wilson Self Self See fewer	The Score (2001)