Jazz The Adventure: 1956-1960 (Season 1, Episode 9)
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TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, History, Music

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Jazz

The Adventure: 1956-1960 (Season 1, Episode 9)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, History, Music

For jazz, the late 1950s is a period of transition when old stars like Billie Holiday and Lester Young will burn out while young talents arise to take the music in new directions. New virtuosos push the limits of bebop: saxophone colossus ...See moreFor jazz, the late 1950s is a period of transition when old stars like Billie Holiday and Lester Young will burn out while young talents arise to take the music in new directions. New virtuosos push the limits of bebop: saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins; jazz diva Sarah Vaughan; and the drummer Art Blakey. But the leading light of the era is Miles Davis whose lush recordings expand the jazz audience; and a cultural icon whose tough-guy charisma comes to define what's hip. As the turbulent Sixties arrive, two saxophonists take jazz into uncharted terrain. John Coltrane explodes the pop tune My Favorite Things, while Ornette Coleman challenges all conventions with a sound he calls "free jazz." Written by Anonymous See less

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30 cast members

Name	Known for
Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Art Blakey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Called Him Morgan (2016)
Lester Bowie Self Self See fewer	Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Ornette Coleman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Naked Lunch (1991)
Stanley Crouch Self Self See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Michael Cuscuna Self Self See fewer	New Stars on Blue Note (1990)
Keith David Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Miles Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Adrift (I) (2018)
Ossie Davis Self Self See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Gerald Early Self Self See fewer	King of Cool (2021)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Gary Giddins Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Matt Glaser Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Billie Holiday Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Minority Report (2002)
Margo Jefferson Self Self See fewer	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Joe Lovano Self Self See fewer	The Missing Person (2009)
Branford Marsalis Self Self See fewer	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Wynton Marsalis Self Self See fewer	A Star Is Born (2018)
Jackie McLean Self Self See fewer	The Forger (2012)
Elvis Presley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Joshua Redman Self Self See fewer	Space Cowboys (2000)
Jimmy Rowles Self Self See fewer	Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
Arvell Shaw Self Self See fewer	High Society (1956)
Frances Taylor Self Self See fewer	The Party (1968)
Quincy Troupe Self Self See fewer	Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (2017)
Sarah Vaughan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
George Wein Self Self See fewer	Playboy Jazz Festival: Volume II (1984)
Cassandra Wilson Self Self See fewer	The Score (2001)
Lester Young Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	On the Road (2012)