SuggestedResourcesSatchmoBlowsUptheWorld

Below are links to reviews of //Satchmo Blows Up the World// that show how hard it is to categorize what author is doing – is it music history, civil rights history, Cold War history – all of the above and more? Were jazz stalwarts pawns of U.S. diplomacy or Civil Rights advocates using the State Department to larger ends than the federal government intended?
 * Book Reviews:**

Church, Michael. “Satchmo Blows Up the World by Penny von Eschen: How Jazz Joined the US Diplomacy Arsenal.” The Independent. 1 February 2005. []

Bendel, Joe. “Satchmo Blows Up the World Book Review.” JBSpins: Jazz, Film, and Improvised Culture. 17 November 2006. []

Hopkinson, Natalie. “In Defense of Hip Hop Diplomacy.” The Root. 27 January 2012. []

Weidman, Melinda. //Satchmo Blows Up the World.// Book Review. The Journal of African American History. Summer 2007.

** Websites: **

“Cool Jazz and the Cold War: Dana Gioia Interviews Dave Brubeck on Cultural Diplomacy.” National Endowment for the Arts. 2006. []

Grigsby Bates, Karen. “Dizzy Gillespie’s Cold War National Diplomacy.” NPR Music. 17 October 2006. []

Fernandes, Naresh. “Hot Jazz and the Cold War in 1950s Mumbai.” New York Times. 3 November 2011. []

“Battleground Bombay: Hot Jazz and the Cold War.” Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age. []

“The Real Ambassadors.” [] A site dedicated to attempts to bring “The Real Ambassadors” to Broadway.

** YouTube Music Clips: **

Louis Armstrong - The Real Ambassadors: [] 7:30

Duke Ellington – My People: [] 8:00

Louis Armstrong – Black and Blue: [] 3:00

Duke Ellington – Soul Call: [] 2:39

Carmen McRae – Travelin’ Blues: []

Nina Simone – Mississippi Goddam: [] - 4:30

NINA SIMONE – I Wish I Knew How it Feels to be Free: [] 3:09

Dave Brubeck – Take Five: [] 5:30

Three Songs from “The Real Ambassadors:” Everybody’s Coming Cultural Exchange Remember Who You Are [] 9:08

World Festival of Black Arts, Dakar, 1966

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