Jazz. Part 8, Risk / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

The social tensions underlying America's postwar prosperity were reflected in the broken rhythms and dissonant melodies of bebop-and in the troubled life of Charlie Parker. Nicknamed "Bird," Parker demonstrated ideas and techniques as overwhelming for musicians of his generation as Louis Armstrong's...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors:	Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) Infobase Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Burns, Ken, 1953-
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], ©2000.
Series:	Films on Demand.
Subjects:	African Americans > Social life and customs. Depressions > 1929 > United States. Music > 20th century > History and criticism. Musical form. Style, Musical. United States > History > 1901-1953. United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953. Educational films. Internet videos. Video recording.
Genre:	Educational films. Internet videos. Video recording.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (110 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:	Risk
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

Post-War Society (5:19)
Risk (4:12)
Risk - Bebop (4:25)
Risk - Decline and Fall of Charlie Parker (6:31)
Risk - Dizzy Gillespie and Bebop (5:50)
Trying to Play Clean (7:43)
Armstrong and Teagarden (5:30)
This Is My Home (4:01)
This Is My Home - Charlie Parker's Multiple Lives (3:58)
This Is My Home - Heroin and Jazz (8:05)
Sustained Intensity (5:56)
Sustained Intensity - Miles Davis (5:05)
Sustained Intensity - Bebop (3:22)
Sustained Intensity - Pianist John Lewis (2:13)
The Apostle of Hippness (3:16)
Jazz vs. Bebop (3:00)
Monk (10:30)
Billie Holiday (3:45)
Cool (7:20)
Cool - Promoter Norman Granz (3:40)
The Future Unlived (12:47)
Coda (2:35)
Credits: 'Risk: Ken Burns: Jazz, Part 8' (2:46)