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The Jazz Ambassadors

The Jazz Ambassadors

# The untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War
Documentary
📜 Overview: 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?
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2018-05-04
⌚ Running Time: 60 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.0

Beloved Cast

Leslie Odom Jr. original image
Narrator
Leslie Odom Jr.
Quincy Jones original image
Self
Quincy Jones
Dizzy Gillespie original image
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Louis Armstrong original image
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Darius Brubeck original image
Self
Darius Brubeck
Bill Crow original image
Self
Bill Crow
Duke Ellington original image
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Charlie Persip original image
Self
Charlie Persip

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