03815nam 2200601Ia 450 991081273670332120200520144314.00-674-26815-60-674-04471-110.4159/9780674044715(CKB)1000000000786988(SSID)ssj0000241313(PQKBManifestationID)11191398(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241313(PQKBWorkID)10297543(PQKB)10626935(Au-PeEL)EBL3300383(CaPaEBR)ebr10318373(OCoLC)923111010(DE-B1597)574381(DE-B1597)9780674044715(MiAaPQ)EBC3300383(EXLCZ)99100000000078698820060609e20062004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSatchmo blows up the world[electronic resource] jazz ambassadors play the Cold War /Penny M. Von EschenCambridge, MA Harvard University Press2006x, 329 p. illOriginally published: 2004.0-674-02260-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- CHAPTER 1 Ike Gets Dizzy -- CHAPTER 2 Swinging into Action: Jazz to the Rescue -- CHAPTER 3 The Real Ambassador -- CHAPTER 4 Getting the Soviets to Swing -- CHAPTER 5 Duke’s Diplomacy -- CHAPTER 6 Jazz, Gospel, and R&B Black Power Abroad -- CHAPTER 7 Improvising Détente -- CHAPTER 8 Playing the International Changes -- CHAPTER 9 Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexAt 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 Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter perceptions of American racism. Penny Von Eschen escorts us across the globe, backstage and onstage, as Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and other jazz luminaries spread their music and their ideas further than the State Department anticipated. Both in concert and after hours, through political statements and romantic liaisons, these musicians broke through the government's official narrative and gave their audiences an unprecedented vision of the black American experience. In the process, new collaborations developed between Americans and the formerly colonized peoples of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East--collaborations that fostered greater racial pride and solidarity. Though intended as a color-blind promotion of democracy, this unique Cold War strategy unintentionally demonstrated the essential role of African Americans in U.S. national culture. Through the tales of these tours, Von Eschen captures the fascinating interplay between the efforts of the State Department and the progressive agendas of the artists themselves, as all struggled to redefine a more inclusive and integrated American nation on the world stage.Music and stateUnited StatesCold WarMusic and the warJazz musiciansTravelUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989Music and stateCold WarMusic and the war.Jazz musiciansTravel.781.65092273Von Eschen Penny M(Penny Marie)917530MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812736703321Satchmo blows up the world4084271UNINA