Jazz

Season 1 Episode 7: Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945

"Dedicated to Chaos" finds jazz musicians teetering on the brink of the modern era, fighting against the straightjacket of clichéd, big band arrangements. The revolution started at Minton’s Playhouse, a rundown club where musicians like Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Christian jammed on Monday nights. When they hooked up with a young saxophone player from Kansas City named Charlie Parker, the bop insurgency had arrived.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

10

Cast:

Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong

Quality:

HD

Duration:

113 min

First Air:

2001

Rating:

7.5