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The Jazz Ambassadors

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?

Release : May 04, 2018

Website : http://www.pbs.org/show/jazz-ambassadors/

Budget : $0.00

Revenue : $0.00

Duration : 60 minutes

Rating : 7.00

Compilation / Trailer Video

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Leslie Odom Jr.

Leslie Odom Jr. ( Leslie Odom Jr. )

Narrator

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones ( Quincy Jones )

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Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie ( Dizzy Gillespie )

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong ( Louis Armstrong )

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Darius Brubeck ( Darius Brubeck )

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Bill Crow ( Bill Crow )

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Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington ( Duke Ellington )

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Charlie Persip ( Charlie Persip )

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