The Real Ambassadors (2021) - Official Trailer

The Real Ambassadors (2021)
Music by Dave Brubeck
Lyrics by Dave and Iola Brubeck
Streaming now through March 31, 2021, The Real Ambassadors (2021), a new film co-presented by the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Forum for Cultural Engagement through the U.S. Embassy of Moscow, celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the musical's Columbia recording with a full concert-version featuring performances shot in the homes of both Armstrong and Brubeck.
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The Real Ambassadors is a jazz musical written by Dave and Iola Brubeck that addressed racism in America, the music business, and the power of music to bring people together. The jazz musical pointed out the absurdity of segregation and makes the case that artists and jazz musicians are the best and "real" ambassadors to demonstrate a nation's ideals.
The story is set in a fictional African nation called Talgalla, and the protagonist, Hero, is based on the life of Louis Armstrong, America’s first cultural jazz ambassador for the United States State Department who originated this lead role.
Brubeck and Armstrong began their only Broadway/Jazz musical collaboration in September 1961-a cast album recording of "The Real Ambassadors"-with music by Dave and words by his wife Iola Brubeck.
The album was released by Columbia Records in 1962, just before the show's premiere - and only live performance with the original cast - at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival. Despite their efforts, the play never made it to Broadway.
Lineup:
Jake Goldbas - Artistic Director/Drums
Alphonso Horne - Trumpet/Voice
Camille Thurman - Saxophone/Voice
Vuyo Sotashe - Voice
Shenel Marie Johns - Voice
Chris Pattishall - Piano
Endea Owens - Bass

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