The Jazz Ambassadors

The Jazz Ambassadors

2018
1h 0m
7.0

7.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary

"The untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War"

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?

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Normal Life Pictures Antelope
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

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

Quick Facts

Release Date May 4, 2018
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt7858992
Website Visit Site

Cast

Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.

Narrator

Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Self

Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Darius Brubeck
Darius Brubeck

Self

Bill Crow
Bill Crow

Self

Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip

Self

Key Crew

Hugo Berkeley
Director
Mick Csáky
Producer