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
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 | - | Himself | |
Bill Evans | - | Himself | |
Sadik Hakim | - | Himself | |
Nat Hentoff | - | Himself | |
Thelonious Monk | - | Himself | |
Charlie Parker | - | Himself | |
Andrew Young | - | Himself - Host |