
S1E8
Risk: 1945-1955

S1E8
Risk: 1945-1955
- Air date:2001-01-24
- User score:8.7
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.
Top Cast

Keith David
Narrator (voice)

Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)

Benny Goodman
Self (archive footage)

Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)

Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)

Glenn Miller
Self (archive footage)

Dave Brubeck
Self (archive footage)

John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)

Art Blakey
Self (archive footage)

Charles Mingus
Self (archive footage)

Wynton Marsalis
Self
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