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oapen-20.500.12657-223582024-03-22T19:23:39Z The Global Politics of Jazz in the Twentieth Century Saito, Yoshiomi Arts humanities politics international relations thema EDItEUR::A The Arts thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government From the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, jazz was harnessed as America’s "sonic weapon" to promote an image to the world of a free and democratic America. Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and other well-known jazz musicians were sent around the world – including to an array of Communist countries – as "jazz ambassadors" in order to mitigate the negative image associated with domestic racial problems. While many non-Americans embraced the Americanism behind this jazz diplomacy without question, others criticized American domestic and foreign policies while still appreciating jazz – thus jazz, despite its popularity, also became a medium for expressing anti-Americanism. This book examines the development of jazz outside America, including across diverse historical periods and geographies – shedding light on the effectiveness of jazz as an instrument of state power within a global political context. 2020-03-05 14:47:06 2020-04-01T06:49:11Z 2020-04-01T06:49:11Z 2020 book 1007821 9780429060595 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22358 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780429060595 10.4324/9780429060595 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 265dc5be-0192-49d7-a860-615f23627d4b 9780429060595 Routledge 208 open access
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From the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, jazz was harnessed as America’s "sonic weapon" to promote an image to the world of a free and democratic America. Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and other well-known jazz musicians were sent around the world – including to an array of Communist countries – as "jazz ambassadors" in order to mitigate the negative image associated with domestic racial problems. While many non-Americans embraced the Americanism behind this jazz diplomacy without question, others criticized American domestic and foreign policies while still appreciating jazz – thus jazz, despite its popularity, also became a medium for expressing anti-Americanism. This book examines the development of jazz outside America, including across diverse historical periods and geographies – shedding light on the effectiveness of jazz as an instrument of state power within a global political context.
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