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   May 4, 2018 · The Jazz Ambassadors. 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 ...

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   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?

   • Director: Hugo Berkeley
   • Runtime: 60

   • Genre: Documentary, History
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   Who were the Jazz Ambassadors?

   • Jazz Ambassador heroes included Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan, just to name a few. While the Jazz Ambassadors traveled in person, the Voice of America told this compelling story to millions more around the world with Willis Conover’s shortwave radio program.

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   Who were the cultural ambassadors of America in 1955?

   • 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? Duke Ellington on "American music".

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   Did African-American musicians spread good will during the Cold War?

   • A new PBS film documents the African-American musicians who spread good will for the U.S. overseas during the war, despite discrimination faced at home. Michel Martin talks to filmmaker Hugo Berkeley. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, we revisit the Cold War. It wasn't just an arms race. It was also a battle about values and culture.

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   Is jazz a new art form?

   • WILLIS CONOVER: Some music scholars have said that jazz, which was born here in the United States, is the one new art form in the world. Others say jazz is more than an art. It's a way of life. Jazz guarantees each musician absolute freedom within a framework of cooperation. MARTIN: Why was he so important to this whole endeavor?

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   May 4, 2018 · THE JAZZ AMBASSADORS. Discover how the Cold War and Civil Rights movement collided when America asked Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman to travel as cultural ...

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   The Jazz Ambassadors. In 1955, as the Soviet Union’s pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism spread globally, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Dave Brubeck travel the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors. 39 IMDb 7.5 1 h 28 min 2018. X-Ray 13+.

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   The Jazz Ambassadors DOCUMENTARY In 1955, as the Soviet Union's pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism spread globally, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. convinced President Eisenhower that jazz was the best way to intervene in the Cold War cultural conflict.