Title
Freedom Sounds: Polish Responses to the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s 1958 State Department Tour
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Conference Title
Society for American Music
Organization
Carleton University
Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Conference Dates
March 17-21, 2010
Date of Presentation
3-19-2010
Abstract
This paper focuses on the 1958 U.S. State Department-sponsored tour of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, with the majority of the research considering the impact of the Polish leg of the tour on both Polish culture and that country’s emerging jazz genre, at a time when jazz was contested territory between East and West. The author argues that jazz, and Brubeck in particular, played a key role in raising the expectations for artistic and political freedom of expression in Poland. A little known aspect of Cold War cultural diplomacy, the “Jazz-Lift,” will also be analyzed.
Recommended Citation
Hatschek, K.
(2010).
Freedom Sounds: Polish Responses to the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s 1958 State Department Tour.
Paper presented at Society for American Music in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/com-facpres/5
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