| Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Granz, Norman, 1918-2001, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Davis, Miles instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Brubeck, Dave instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Mulligan, Gerry instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Monk, Thelonious instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Desmond, Paul, 1924-1977 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Fitzgerald, Ella singer. |
| Other author/creator | Lewis, John, 1920-2001 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Burns, Ken, 1953- director, production personnel. |
| Other author/creator | David, Keith narrator. |
| Other author/creator | Ward, Geoffrey C. author. |
| Other author/creator | Novick, Lynn production personnel. |
| Other author/creator | Christie, Sandra Marie, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Davis, Ossie commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Hendricks, Jon, 1921-2017 commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Crouch, Stanley commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Giddins, Gary commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Early, Gerald Lyn commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Schaap, Phil commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Levy, Stan commentator. |
| Other author/creator | McLean, Jackie, commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Hentoff, Nat commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Travernier, Bertrand, commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Florentine Films. |
| Other author/creator | British Broadcasting Corporation. |
| Other author/creator | WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) |
| Other author/creator | PBS DVD (Firm) |
| Portion of title |
Risk |
| Incomplete content |
Trying to play clean -- This is my home -- Sustained intensity -- The apostle of hipness -- Monk -- Cool -- The future unlived. |
| Abstract |
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 equal treatment for every member of his integrated troupes on his Jazz at the Philharmonic Tours. Meanwhile, bebop musicians Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker are creating some of the most inventive jazz ever played but a devastating narcotics plague sweeps through the jazz community, ruining lives and changing the dynamics of performance. And a number of great performers including Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Paul Desmond, Bille Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and John Lewis find new ways to bring new audiences to jazz. |
| General note | "PBS DVD Gold." |
| Credits | Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; episode editor, Sandra Marie Christie. |
| Performer |
Commentary: Wynton Marsalis, Ossie Davis, Jon Hendricks, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, Phil Schaap, Stan Levy, Harry Edison, Jackie McLean, Nat Hentoff, Bertrand Travernier. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Keith David. |
| Technical details | DVD, stereo. |
| Publisher number | B8270D PBS DVD Gold |