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

Author/creator Von Eschen, Penny M.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Descriptionx, 329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004047483
ISBN0674015010 (alk. paper)