Jazz Miniseries Episode 7 Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945 ( Air Date 2001-01-23 ) Genre Documentary category. Overview ""Dedicated to Chaos" finds jazz musicians teetering on the brink of the modern era, fighting against the straightjacket of clichéd, big band arrangements. The revolution started at Minton’s Playhouse, a rundown club where musicians like Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Christian jammed on Monday nights. When they hooked up with a young saxophone player from Kansas City named Charlie Parker, the bop insurgency had arrived.".
Jazz Miniseries Episode 7 Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945
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- Stars: Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller, Dave Brubeck, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Wynton Marsalis, Miles Davis, Lester Young, Stanley Crouch
- Director: Lynn Novick, Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward
