If you live in or plan to visit the Washington, DC, area, you may be interested in this communique from a Rifftides reader:
There is a fabulous exhibit titled “Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World” coming up at the Meridian International Center in Washington, DC. Aside from material covered in Penny Von Eschen’s book*, there will be previously-not-publicly-shown photos on display. Here is a link to the exhibit:
Katja
*Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War (Harvard)