Jazz Miniseries Episode 7 Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945 2001
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"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.
- Released: 2001-01-23
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Keith David, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman
- Director: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
