Risk: 1945-1955 Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns : Season 1 Episode 8
PBS 1h 48m
Aired: January 24th, 2001 @ 12:00 AM EST on PBS
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.
