The Jazz Ambassadors 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 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?
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?
Videos & Photos
All 1 Videos & 16 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Narrator
... Self
... Self (archive footage)
... Self (archive footage)
... Self
BC
Bill Crow... Self
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Release Date:
May 04, 2018 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
The Jazz Ambassadors
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Narrator
... Self
... Self (archive footage)
... Self (archive footage)
... Self
BC
Bill Crow... Self
... Self (archive footage)
... Self
Produced By
MC
Mick Csáky... Producer