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

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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the U.S. State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Cong...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Von Eschen, Penny M. (Penny Marie) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Edición:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Temas:
1945-1989
Music and state > United States.
Cold War.
Jazz musicians > Travel.
Musique > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Musiciens de jazz > Voyages.
Guerre froide.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Jazz.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Diplomatic relations
Music and state
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1989.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Improvising détente
  • Playing the international changes.

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