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The real ambassadors : Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong challenge segregation /

"Keith Hatschek tells the story of three determined artists: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Iola Brubeck and the stand they took against segregation by writing and performing a jazz musical titled The Real Ambassadors. First conceived by the Brubecks in 1956, the musical's journey to t...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hatschek, Keith (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Bavan, Yolande (writer of foreword.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2022.
Collection:American made music series.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Meet the Brubecks
  • Words and music
  • Becoming jazz ambassadors
  • Finding a producer
  • Joe Glaser
  • Standing up to segregation
  • Securing Satchmo
  • Gatheriing momentum
  • A promising proposal : "The real ambassadors" in London
  • Recording "The real ambassadors"
  • The most expensive demo ever made
  • Messengers of change
  • The road to Monterey
  • A night to remember
  • Reception and reactions
  • Rediscovering "The real ambassadors."