The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation

by Keith Hatschek

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Winner of the 2023 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Book Award

Recipient of a 2023 Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections

Keith Hatschek tells the story of three determined artists: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Iola Brubeck and the stand they took against segregation by writing and performing a jazz musical titled The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496837843
• ISBN13: 9781496837844
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"