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Jazz. Episode Eight, Risk

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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... Full description

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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.

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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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