Jam session : America's jazz ambassadors embrace the world.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Meridian International Center, [2008]Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)Other title:
  • America's jazz ambassadors embrace the world
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML3795 .J36 2008
Contents:
The power of jazz / Quincy Jones -- The value of cultural diplomacy / Stuart W. Holliday -- Meridian meets the Jazz community / Curtis Sandberg -- The jazz ambassadors / Penny M. Von Eschen -- Louis Armstrong : Satchmo blows up the world -- Dave Brubeck : the timing was right -- Duke Ellington : the keys of diplomacy -- Dizzy Gillespie : kool kat diplomat -- Benny Goodman : the ambassador of swing -- Enter the Newport Jazz Festival -- The State Department does it all -- List of works -- Credits -- Sponsors. Due to time constraints, some are edited versions of the original recordings.
Contents of accompanying compact disc: Someday you'll be sorry, 1982 / Louis Armstrong (3:57) -- When the saints go marching in, 1982 / Louis Armstrong (3:55) -- The golden horn, 1958 / The Dave Brubeck Quartet (4:58) -- Thank you (Dziekuje), 1958 / The Dave Brubeck Quartet (3:30) -- Blue star, 1980 / Benny Carter (4:31) -- Summer serenade, 1980 / Benny Carter (4:16) -- A tone parallel to Harlem, 1955 / Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (5:40) -- Things aint what they used to be, 1962 / Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (2:42) -- Cool breeze, 1956 / Dizzy Gillespie (8:33) -- Manteca, 1956 / Dizzy Gillespie (7:10) -- Sleepy serenade, 1956 / Woody Herman & His Orchestra (2:17) -- Starlight souvenirs, 1956 / Woody Herman & His Orchestra (3:02) -- Back o' town blues, 1955 / Earl Hines (3:59) -- Perdido, 1965 / Earl Hines (4:50) -- Blues for the champ of champs, 1959 / Clark Terry & His Orchestra (3:28) -- Daniel's blues, 1959 / Clark Terry & His Orchestra (4:37).
Summary: Catalog for the exhibition curated by Dr. Curtis Sandberg and Professor Penny M. Von Eschen, held at the Meridian International Center's White-Meyer Cafritz Galleries in Washington, D.C., April 3 to July 13, 2008, subsequently touring throughout the United States for three years. The exhibition uses photographs and documents to chronicle the State Department-sponsored travels of American Jazz Ambassadors across the globe from the 1950s through the 1970s, serving as cultural diplomats.
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The power of jazz / Quincy Jones -- The value of cultural diplomacy / Stuart W. Holliday -- Meridian meets the Jazz community / Curtis Sandberg -- The jazz ambassadors / Penny M. Von Eschen -- Louis Armstrong : Satchmo blows up the world -- Dave Brubeck : the timing was right -- Duke Ellington : the keys of diplomacy -- Dizzy Gillespie : kool kat diplomat -- Benny Goodman : the ambassador of swing -- Enter the Newport Jazz Festival -- The State Department does it all -- List of works -- Credits -- Sponsors. Due to time constraints, some are edited versions of the original recordings.

Contents of accompanying compact disc: Someday you'll be sorry, 1982 / Louis Armstrong (3:57) -- When the saints go marching in, 1982 / Louis Armstrong (3:55) -- The golden horn, 1958 / The Dave Brubeck Quartet (4:58) -- Thank you (Dziekuje), 1958 / The Dave Brubeck Quartet (3:30) -- Blue star, 1980 / Benny Carter (4:31) -- Summer serenade, 1980 / Benny Carter (4:16) -- A tone parallel to Harlem, 1955 / Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (5:40) -- Things aint what they used to be, 1962 / Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (2:42) -- Cool breeze, 1956 / Dizzy Gillespie (8:33) -- Manteca, 1956 / Dizzy Gillespie (7:10) -- Sleepy serenade, 1956 / Woody Herman & His Orchestra (2:17) -- Starlight souvenirs, 1956 / Woody Herman & His Orchestra (3:02) -- Back o' town blues, 1955 / Earl Hines (3:59) -- Perdido, 1965 / Earl Hines (4:50) -- Blues for the champ of champs, 1959 / Clark Terry & His Orchestra (3:28) -- Daniel's blues, 1959 / Clark Terry & His Orchestra (4:37).

Catalog for the exhibition curated by Dr. Curtis Sandberg and Professor Penny M. Von Eschen, held at the Meridian International Center's White-Meyer Cafritz Galleries in Washington, D.C., April 3 to July 13, 2008, subsequently touring throughout the United States for three years. The exhibition uses photographs and documents to chronicle the State Department-sponsored travels of American Jazz Ambassadors across the globe from the 1950s through the 1970s, serving as cultural diplomats.