[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
“Oh, we learned to be concerned about the constitutionality, in our nation, segregation isn’t a legality. Soon our only differences will be in personality, that’s what I stand for!”
The Brubecks and Armstrong (among many other musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington) were part of a campaign by the State Department to spread American culture and music around the world during the Cold War, especially into countries whose allegiances were not well defined or that were perceived as being at risk of aligning with the Soviet Union. Fittingly, the Real Ambassadors was about the important role that musicians play as unofficial ambassadors for their countries.
– The Real Ambassadors on Wikipedia
Pretty sure I posted this before but it needs posting again.
