The Jazz Ambassadors

Name: The Jazz Ambassadors
Released: 2018-05-04
Rating: 7

7.0/10 (2)

·2018· 60 min

Director: Hugo Berkeley

"The untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War"

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?

Trailer

Cast

Leslie Odom Jr.

Narrator

Quincy Jones

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Dizzy Gillespie

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Louis Armstrong

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Darius Brubeck

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Bill Crow

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Duke Ellington

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Charlie Persip

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In brief

The Jazz Ambassadors (2018) is a documentary film. With an average rating of 7.0/10 from 2 votes, it's a solidly rated pick. The film runs 1h. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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The Jazz Ambassadors runs 60 minutes (1h).

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The Jazz Ambassadors has an average rating of 7.0/10 based on 2 viewer votes on TMDB.

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The Jazz Ambassadors was released in 2018.