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Look Up and Live The Protest (1954–1979) Online

Look Up and Live The Protest (1954–1979) Online
Original Title :
The Protest
Genre :
TV Episode
Year :
1954–1979
Directror :
Tim Kiley
Cast :
David Amram,Bill Evans,Sadik Hakim
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
30min
Rating :
6.7/10
Look Up and Live The Protest (1954–1979) Online

Hosted by the Rev. Andrew Young, associate director of the Youth Work Department of the National Council of Churches, this program features guests who perform and discuss jazz. Young says that pioneer jazzmen Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk contributed to the emotional language of a generation; composer David Amram plays his "Some Day Morning Will Come"; Young and critic Hentoff discuss jazz as a new language of expression for new sets of experiences; pianist Sadik Hakim plays his "Impulse"; Young and Hentoff discuss social protest and blacks as mirrored by jazz; pianist Bill Evans plays "Come Rain or Come Shine"; and David Amram, composer of MacLeish's "JB," discusses his career in jazz.
Episode credited cast:
David Amram David Amram - Himself
Bill Evans Bill Evans - Himself
Sadik Hakim Sadik Hakim - Himself
Nat Hentoff Nat Hentoff - Himself
Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk - Himself
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker - Himself
Andrew Young Andrew Young - Himself - Host