The Jazz Ambassadors

Documentary, History · 2018Not Rated

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.

Starring

Leslie Odom Jr., Dewald Aukema, Dewald Aukema, Quincy Jones, Andre Lascaris, Andre Lascaris, Nse Asuquo, Dizzy Gillespie, Michael J. McEvoy, Louis Armstrong, Darius Brubeck, Hugo Berkeley

Director

Hugo Berkeley