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Jazz Episode Eight, Risk

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 e...

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Corporate Authors: Florentine Films, British Broadcasting Corporation, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), PBS DVD (Firm)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-, David, Keith, Ward, Geoffrey C., Novick, Lynn, Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-, Davis, Ossie, Hendricks, Jon, 1921-, Crouch, Stanley, Giddins, Gary, Early, Gerald Lyn, Schaap, Phil, Edison, Harry, 1915-1999, Levy, Stan, McLean, Jackie
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [United States] : PBS DVD, c2000.
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Ellington, Duke, > 1899-1974.
Parker, Charlie, > 1920-1955.
Gillespie, Dizzy, > 1917-1993.
Granz, Norman, > 1918-2001.
Armstrong, Louis, > 1901-1971.
Davis, Miles.
Brubeck, Dave.
Mulligan, Gerry.
Monk, Thelonious.
Desmond, Paul, > 1924-1977.
Holiday, Billie, > 1915-1959.
Fitzgerald, Ella.
Lewis, John, > 1920-2001.
Jazz > History and criticism.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
African American musicians > Biography.
Musicians > United States > Drug use > History > 20th century.
Documentary television programs.
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