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Serenade Near the Sphinx of Giza
The golden notes of a trumpet reverberated against the ancient stones of the Egyptian pyramids. This isn’t a dream but a real moment caught on film in 1961. Jazz artist Louis Armstrong is the serenader, and his wife is the enchanted audience.
The politics of the Cold War aimed to use jazz as a soft-power tool to woo hearts and minds globally. But for Louis, his trumpet was his diplomatic envoy, refusing to muddle his music with political chatter. Nicknamed “Satchmo,” Louis created a testament to the magnetic power of art to captivate, unify, and speak when words fall short.
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