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The Jazz Ambassadors

Plot: 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 Date: Friday, May 4 2018
6 years ago
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Portrait of Leslie Odom Jr.Leslie Odom Jr.Leslie Odom Jr. was 36 in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Narrator'.
Birthday: Thu, Aug 06 1981
Portrait of Quincy JonesQuincy JonesQuincy Jones was 85 in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Self'.
Birthday: Tue, Mar 14 1933 –
Sun, Nov 03 2024
Portrait of Dizzy GillespieDizzy GillespieDizzy Gillespie would have been no older than 75 in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Birthday: Sun, Oct 21 1917 –
Wed, Jan 06 1993
Portrait of Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong would have been no older than 69 in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Birthday: Sun, Aug 04 1901 –
Tue, Jul 06 1971
Portrait of Darius BrubeckDarius BrubeckDarius Brubeck was >> in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Self'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Bill CrowBill CrowBill Crow was >> in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Self'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Duke EllingtonDuke EllingtonDuke Ellington would have been no older than 75 in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Birthday: Sat, Apr 29 1899 –
Fri, May 24 1974
Portrait of Charlie PersipCharlie PersipCharlie Persip was >> in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Self'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Crew

Portrait of Hugo BerkeleyHugo BerkeleyHugo Berkeley was >> in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Director'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Andre LascarisAndre LascarisAndre Lascaris was >> in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Director of Photography'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Dewald AukemaDewald AukemaDewald Aukema was >> in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Director of Photography'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Mick CsákyMick CsákyMick Csáky was 72 in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Producer'
Birthday: Fri, Aug 31 1945
Portrait of Nse AsuquoNse AsuquoNse Asuquo was >> in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Editor'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Michael J. McEvoyMichael J. McEvoyMichael J. McEvoy was >> in The Jazz Ambassadors as 'Music'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday