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The Real Ambassadors is a jazz musical developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Dave and Iola Brubeck, in collaboration with Louis Armstrong and his band. It addressed the Civil Rights Movement, the music business, America's place in the world during the Cold War, the nature of God, and a number of other themes.
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1. Everybody's Comin' 2. Cultural Exchange 3. Good Reviews 4. Remember Who You Are 5. My One Bad Habit 6. Lonesome 7. Summer Song 8. King for a Day 9. Blow Satchmo 10. The Real Ambassadors 11. Nomad 12. In the Lurch 13. One Moment Worth Years 14. You Swing Baby (The Duke) 15. Summer Song 16. They Say I Look Like God 17. I Didn't Know Until You Told...
First performed in a shortened version of ten tunes at the Monterey Jazz Festival, in Monterey, California, on September 23, 1962. Cast of the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival performance: Hero, Louis Armstrong Girl Singer, Carmen McRae Side Man, Trummy Young CHORUS (ambassadors, priests, citizens) Dave Lambert, John Hendricks, Yolande Bavan (replacing ...
Recorded with Dave Brubeck and his band, Louis Armstrong and his band, Carmen McRae, and the Lambert, Hendricks & Ross trio in September and December 1961 at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, NYC. Some of the original tracks were cut from the 1962 LP release. The original tracks were added back in for the 1994 Sony Legacy CD release. No narratio...
Arrangements of"Lonesome"and "Summer Song"are available for performance: Lonesome: SSAATTBB, a capella, arr. Howard Brubeck Summer Song: SATB choir, arr. Dan Coates Orchestra, Orchestra & Jazz Combo, and Jazz Quartet, arr. Darius Brubeck Jazz Combo Orchestration: 22+ca.2+bcl.1/4331/2perc/str Purchase Sheet Music.
September 23, 1962:Premiere in Monterey Jazz Festival, in Monterey, California 2002:The Real Ambassadors returned to the Monterey Jazz Festival featuring the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Lizz Wright, Roy Hargrove, and Christian McBride. 2013: A revival was presented at the Detroit Jazz Festival with Bill Meyerconducting, and used the same format of a conc...
Jul 22, 2022 · A new book reveals the story of 'The Real Ambassadors,' a thwarted piece of musical theater about racism and the U.S. government.
Apr 20, 2022 · The Real Ambassadors was a direct response to the U.S. State Department-sponsored jazz tours of the mid-to-late 1950s and early '60s, in which world-famous musicians Gillespie, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington — as well as Dave and Satch — were sent abroad to rehabilitate America's Jim Crow-tarnished image.
Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for The Real Ambassadors by Louis Armstrong And His Band, Dave Brubeck, Lambert, Hendricks And Ross, Carmen McRae. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
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The Real Ambassadors: Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong — A Rallying Cry for Integration, Cultural Exchange, and Social Justice . From: The Kitchen Sisters Length: 52:00
Jul 31, 2022 · Music Reviews: The Real Ambassadors by Dave Brubeck, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Carmen McRae released in 1962. Genre: Jazz.
