Jazz für die Russen – To Russia with Jazz (2011)

Directed by

Konstanze Burkard

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 38m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the 1962 tour of the Soviet Union by Benny Goodman and his all-star jazz band. It shows how the musicians crossed cultural and political boundaries through their music during the Cold War era.

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What happens

Jazz für die Russen – To Russia with Jazz ist ein deutscher Dokumentarfilm der Regisseurin Konstanze Burkard über die Sowjetunion-Tournee 1962 von Benny Goodman und seiner All-Star-Band aus dem Jahre 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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