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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Von Eschen, Penny M. (Penny Marie)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Music and state > United States.
Cold War > Music and the war.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
Jazz musicians > Travel.
Table of 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.