The Jazz Ambassadors
1h 0m·Documentary·
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their mixed-race band members, faced a painful dilemma: how could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Leslie Odom Jr.Narrator | Narrator |
 Quincy JonesSelf | Self |
 Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| LLouis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| DDarius BrubeckSelf | Self |
| BBill CrowSelf | Self |
 Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| CCharlie PersipSelf | Self |