Bibliograph

The jazz ambassadors, [the untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War], producer, Mick Csáky ; director, Hugo Berkeley

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Label

The jazz ambassadors, [the untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War], producer, Mick Csáky ; director, Hugo Berkeley

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

TV rating: Not rated

Main title

The jazz ambassadors

Medium

videorecording DVD

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally broadcast in 2018

Responsibility statement

producer, Mick Csáky ; director, Hugo Berkeley

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Sub title

[the untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War]

Summary

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. For the next decade, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Dave Brubeck traveled the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

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