The Jazz Ambassadors
The untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their mixed-race band members, faced a painful dilemma: how could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their mixed-race band members, faced a painful dilemma: how could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?
Genre: History, Documentary
Actor: Leslie Odom Jr., Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Darius Brubeck, Bill Crow, Duke Ellington, Charlie Persip, Charli Persip
Director: Hugo Berkeley
Country: United States of America
Produced By: Normal Life Pictures, Antelope
Runtime: 60
Release: 2018
Rating: 7 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 204
Content Rating:
Quality: DVD
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Keywords:Cold War
Jazz Singer Or Musician
Civil Rights
Racial Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Race Relations
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