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 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?

Genre: Documentary

Stars: Leslie Odom Jr., Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Darius Brubeck, Bill Crow

Crew: Nse Asuquo (Editor), Hugo Berkeley (Director), Michael J. McEvoy (Music), Mick Csáky (Producer), Dewald Aukema (Director of Photography), Andre Lascaris (Director of Photography)

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Studio: Normal Life Pictures, Antelope

Runtime: 60 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: May 04, 2018

IMDb: 4

Keywords:cold war, jazz singer or musician, civil rights, racial segregation, jim crow laws, race relations

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