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The Jazz Ambassadors at Vinterjazz at Gloria Biograf
Courtesy of pelle folmer | Posted on January 24, 2019
When
Wed, February 20, 2019
14:30
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Musicians
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestraBenny Goodman Centennial Orchestra
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SYNOPSIS
The Cold War and Civil Rights movement collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. In 1955, as the Soviet Union’s pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism spread globally, African-American Congressman 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, America’s most influential jazz artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Dave Brubeck, along with their racially-integrated bands, traveled the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors...