LEADER 03815nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910812736703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-26815-6 010 $a0-674-04471-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674044715 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786988 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000241313 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11191398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241313 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10297543 035 $a(PQKB)10626935 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300383 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318373 035 $a(OCoLC)923111010 035 $a(DE-B1597)574381 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674044715 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300383 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786988 100 $a20060609e20062004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSatchmo blows up the world$b[electronic resource] $ejazz ambassadors play the Cold War /$fPenny M. Von Eschen 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2006 215 $ax, 329 p. $cill 300 $aOriginally published: 2004. 311 $a0-674-02260-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tCHAPTER 1 Ike Gets Dizzy -- $tCHAPTER 2 Swinging into Action: Jazz to the Rescue -- $tCHAPTER 3 The Real Ambassador -- $tCHAPTER 4 Getting the Soviets to Swing -- $tCHAPTER 5 Duke?s Diplomacy -- $tCHAPTER 6 Jazz, Gospel, and R&B Black Power Abroad -- $tCHAPTER 7 Improvising Détente -- $tCHAPTER 8 Playing the International Changes -- $tCHAPTER 9 Epilogue -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aAt 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. 606 $aMusic and state$zUnited States 606 $aCold War$xMusic and the war 606 $aJazz musicians$xTravel 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 615 0$aMusic and state 615 0$aCold War$xMusic and the war. 615 0$aJazz musicians$xTravel. 676 $a781.65092273 700 $aVon Eschen$b Penny M$g(Penny Marie)$0917530 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812736703321 996 $aSatchmo blows up the world$94084271 997 $aUNINA