Documentary · United States of America · 2018 · 1h 0m

The Jazz Ambassadors

The Jazz Ambassadors poster
Director
Hugo Berkeley
Cast
Leslie Odom Jr. as Narrator Quincy Jones as Self Dizzy Gillespie as Self (archive footage) Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage) Darius Brubeck as Self Bill Crow as Self
Crew
Dewald Aukema — Director of Photography Andre Lascaris — Director of Photography Nse Asuquo — Editor Mick Csáky — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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?

Trailer The Jazz Ambassadors — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
cold warjazz singer or musiciancivil rightsracial segregationjim crow lawsrace relations
Key Collaborators
Hugo Berkeley Director Dewald Aukema Director of Photography Andre Lascaris Director of Photography Nse Asuquo Editor Mick Csáky Producer
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