DVD
The jazz ambassadors
Languages
In English, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Narrated by Leslie Odom, Jr.
Publication Information
[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
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.
Notes
Title from container.
"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
Originally broadcast on PBS in 2018.