Jazz

Season 1 Episode 8: Risk: 1945-1955

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

10

Cast:

Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong

Quality:

HD

Duration:

119 min

First Air:

2001

Rating:

7.5