The Jazz Ambassadors
2018 • Documentary
7 (2)
Hugo Berkeley
Director
Status
Released
Release date
May 4, 2018
Duration
60 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.1678
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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?
Cast
Leslie Odom Jr.
Quincy Jones
Dizzy Gillespie
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
