Satchmo Blows Up the World Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War

"At its best, SATCHMO BLOWS UP THE WORLD is...subtle, seamlessly weaving the culture of jazz with the improvisations of Cold War diplomacy, the recurring drama of political crisis and the individual motives of performers, policy-makers and ordinary listeners for whom jazz felt so liberating. It avoids most of the perils of cold war historiography and, at the same time, testifies to a handsome new maturity in jazz scholarship. Now that jazz has become a canonical art form, enshrined as a constituent in New York's Lincoln Center, it is a pleasure to recall how daring and unsettling it once could be."Von Eschen, Penny M. is the author of 'Satchmo Blows Up the World Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War', published 2004 under ISBN 9780674015012 and ISBN 0674015010.