How the American jazz music of the 1940s and 50s gave birth to the notion of 'cool'. 2009-12-09T03:33:26Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/episode/b00jks9j BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00jks9j 2009-03-27T01:34:42Z

How the American jazz music of the 1940s and 50s gave birth to the notion of 'cool'.

<p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jks9j/Arena_Cool/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00jks9j_150_84.jpg" alt="Arena: Cool" /> </a> </p> <p> Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the bars of New York and Los Angeles in the 1940s and became known as cool jazz. </p>