Listen to Satchmo Blows Up the World by Penny M. Von Eschen

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial:https://mediabooks.space/il-3881/Title: Satchmo Blows Up the World Author: Penny M. Von Eschen Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins Release date: 07-10-18 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 8 ratings Genres: History & Criticism Publisher's Summary: At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter perceptions of American racism.