The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors
5/4/2018 | 55m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
The Cold War and Civil Rights movement collide in this remarkable story of music.
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 racially diverse band members faced a painful dilemma: How could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?
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The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors
5/4/2018 | 55m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
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 racially diverse band members faced a painful dilemma: How could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?
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Duke Ellington on "American music".
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Duke Ellington on the Plight of African Americans and “the American music”. (1m 27s)
The Jazz Ambassadors - Trailer
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Discover how the Cold War and Civil Rights movement collided in a music story of diplomacy (3m)
Louis Armstrong: America’s Cultural Ambassador
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The Voice of America radio show gave American jazz a worldwide stage. (2m 30s)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Teams Up with Dizzy Gillespie
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. teams up with Dizzy Gillespie. (2m 15s)
America Combats Soviet Propaganda About Racism & Segregation
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America combats Soviet propaganda about racism and segregation. (2m 34s)
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