Jazz, Episode 8, Risk

The Resource Jazz, Episode 8, Risk
Label
Jazz, Episode 8, Risk
Title number
Episode 8
Title part
Risk
Statement of responsibility
a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Title variation
Risk
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Between 1945 and 1955 jazz splinters into different camps: cool and hot, East and West, traditional and modern. One by one, the big bands leave the road, but Duke Ellington keeps his band together, while Louis Armstrong puts together a small group, the "All-Stars." Promoter Norman Granz insists on equal treatment for every member of his integrated troupes on his Jazz at the Philharmonic Tours. Meanwhile, bebop musicians Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker are creating some of the most inventive jazz ever played but a devastating narcotics plague sweeps through the jazz community, ruining lives and changing the dynamics of performance. And a number of great performers including Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Paul Desmond, Bille Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and John Lewis find new ways to bring new audiences to jazz
Cataloging source
CUY
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editor, Sandra Marie Christie
Dewey number
781.65/09
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Closed captioned
LC call number
ML3508.J378
LC item number
2000 v.8
PerformerNote
Commentary, Wynton Marsalis, Ossie Davis, Jon Hendricks, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, Phil Schaap, Stan Levy, Harry Edison, Jackie McLean, Nat Hentoff, Bertrand Travernier ; narrator, Keith David
Runtime
120
Technique
live action
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