Satchmo blows up the world : jazz ambassadors play the Cold War

Satchmo blows up the world : jazz ambassadors play the Cold War / Penny M. Von Eschen.

Author/creator	Von Eschen, Penny M. (Penny Marie)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Description	x, 329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Music and state--United States. Cold War--Music and the war. Jazz musicians--Travel. United States--Foreign relations --1945-1989.

Contents	Ike gets dizzy -- Swinging into action: jazz to the rescue -- The real ambassador -- Getting the Soviets to swing -- Duke's diplomacy -- Jazz, gospel, and R&B: black power abroad -- Improvising détente -- Playing the international changes.
Abstract	Stung by reports that people around the world thought the US was a racist society that oppressed the African American, from 1956 the State Dept. dispatched jazz luminaries such as Louis Armstrong to distant corners where they blew the trumpet of freedom in the war against communism.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2004047483
ISBN	0674015010 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Music	Music Stacks	ML3795 .V63 2004	✔ Available	Place Hold