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The Real Ambassadors

Premiering live at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1962, Dave and Iola Brubeck wrote this musical on Cold War jazz diplomacy and the Civil Rights Movement
Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Carmen McRae, and others posing at St. Francis Hotel during rehearsal for Monterey Jazz Festival (San Francisco, California)
Members of "The Real Ambassadors" at rehearsal (St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California)
Carmen McCrae and Louis Armstrong during a rehearsal for "The Real Ambassadors" (St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California)
Members of "The Real Ambassadors" at rehearsal (St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California)
Howard Brubeck and Louis Armstrong during rehearsal of the "Real Ambassadors" (Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California)
Carmen McCrae and Louis Armstrong at performance of "The Real Ambassadors" (Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California)
Iola Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, and Dave Brubeck at performance of "The Real Ambassadors" (Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California)
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5th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival (California)
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