I'll try to remember to watch it on May 4th on PBS. Could be interesting, but not $25 worth of interesting!

I'm surprised you say that, especially how much you spin Ellington and others.

$25 for a documentary is over my budget today. I looked at the You Tube clip above; & there was almost no music. I suspect it is worth a watch, though.

Maybe worth watching for a price drop, too. You know I thought of you when posting this release, Geff!

Has this already aired on PBS, or is it upcoming?

edit:
I see this is airing May 4:
THE JAZZ AMBASSADORS (Friday, May 4,10-11 pm ET) The Cold War and civil rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their racially diverse band members faced a painful dilemma: How could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation? Leslie Odom, Jr. narrates.

http://www.pbs.org/about/blogs/news/pbs ... -schedule/

I think I'll check it out for free before committing to buy.

That's what I was saying, too

Knowing my TV viewing I'll probably miss it somehow therefore I will look forward to what you guys say.

I'm hoping someone will post to this thread that day to remind me!

I will post!

It's on in Seattle tonight at 10 PM PDT.

Geff reminded himself!

Actually the Duke Ellington Email list reminded me!

While not at all what I expected, this was excellent. Though there are a number of short musical clips, this is much more a documentary dealing with racial politics. Very strong statement.

Per Amazon, the dvd is 90 minutes; the PBS presentation was just under an hour.

While I don't know what's in the missing 30 minutes; I would tend to recommend this more for folks interested in American racial politics of aprox 1955-65, then to jazz fans. It would be of interest to many jazz fans also, though.

Can't say more without violating the Ice policies.

Sorry I didn't post a reminder about this as I promised, we had a medical emergency last Friday and I totally forgot. All is well now, but I missed the show myself. Fortunately PBS tends to repeat these shows a lot. I am sure I'll stumble across it sooner or later.

I have PBS on my Fire Stick. I don't pay for full access but some things are available. I'll have to see if this is one of them.

I enjoyed this a lot.

Per the Ellington list, Amazon appears to be correct re: the dvd being aprox 35 minutes longer than the broadcast. There is a rumor that BBC may be broadcasting the full 90 minute version.

In anticipation of the DVD's release next week, the pre-order price has been reduced by $7, down to $17.99:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BSZY6SW/?tag=imwan-20

Thank you Linda! I was hoping for a pre-reduction before release so I can pull the trigger and here it is. Pre-ordered. Love this stuff.