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2: Jazz Talk
3: Jazz for Young People®
4: Essentially Ellington
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Jazz Talk
Irene Diamond Education Center (IDEC)
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 7:00pm–8:30pm
MODERATED BY DR. LEWIS PORTER

THE JAZZ AMBASSADORS: MUSICIANS & CULTURAL DIPLOMACY

Since the 1950s, jazz musicians have toured world-wide under the auspices of the United States government. What are the complexities of these situations? How does jazz represent the image that Americans want to project to the rest of the world? We’ll discuss the groundbreaking State Department tours of Louis Armstrong and the larger issues associated with using jazz in cultural diplomacy with pianist/composer Vijay Iyer, clarinetist Joe Muranyi and author Dr. Penny Von Eschen (“Satchmo Blows Up The World”).