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The Jazz Ambassadors

Tuesday, February 2 at 9pm on MPT

The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors - Trailer

Discover how the Cold War and Civil Rights movement collided in a music story of diplomacy

About the program

See why great American jazz artists Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington faced a painful dilemma when asked to travel the world as cultural ambassadors. Leslie Odom, Jr. narrates a Cold War story of music, diplomacy and civil rights.