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Risk: 1945-1955

Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · 123 min

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.

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Wed, Jan 24, 2001

123 min

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Jazz

10 episodes

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S1 · E8

in Jazz