Racial and historical considerations of Benny Goodman’s 1956 state-sponsored tour of Southeast Asia

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Jazz Research Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-07 DOI:10.1558/jazz.21511

Denin Slage-Koch

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Abstract

The state-sponsored jazz diplomacy tours of the 1950s and 1960s have generally been well-documented, but Benny Goodman’s 1956 tour of Southeast Asia remains relatively under-researched. Considering the United States’ heavy military and surveillance interests in the region at the time, Goodman’s tour merits further consideration as a key element of diplomacy during the early stages of the conflict in Vietnam. In particular, Goodman’s tour, while effective, highlights American racial hypocrisy at the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the mid-1950s. Despite this, Goodman’s efforts contributed significantly to US-Thai relations, which ultimately became one of the most important alliances of the Vietnam War.

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本尼·古德曼1956年国家赞助的东南亚之行的种族和历史考量

20世纪50年代和60年代由国家赞助的爵士乐外交之旅通常都有很好的记录，但本尼·古德曼1956年的东南亚之旅仍相对缺乏研究。考虑到美国当时在该地区的重大军事和监视利益，古德曼的访问值得进一步考虑，作为越南冲突早期外交的一个关键因素。特别是，古德曼的巡回演出虽然有效，但突出了20世纪50年代中期民权运动开始时美国的种族虚伪。尽管如此，古德曼的努力对美泰关系做出了重大贡献，最终成为越南战争中最重要的联盟之一。

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期刊介绍： Jazz Research Journal explores a range of cultural and critical views on jazz. The journal celebrates the diversity of approaches found in jazz scholarship and provides a forum for interaction and the cross-fertilisation of ideas. It is a development and extension of The Source: Challenging Jazz Criticism founded in 2004 at the Leeds College of Music. The journal aims to represent a range of disciplinary perspectives on jazz, from musicology to film studies, sociology to cultural studies, and offers a platform for new thinking on jazz. In this respect, the editors particularly welcome articles that challenge traditional approaches to jazz and encourage writings that engage with jazz as a discursive practice. Jazz Research Journal publishes original and innovative research that either extends the boundaries of jazz scholarship or explores themes which are central to a critical understanding of the music, including the politics of race and gender, the shifting cultural representation of jazz, and the complexity of canon formation and dissolution. In addition to articles, the journal features a reviews section that publishes critical articles on a variety of media, including recordings, film, books, educational products and multimedia publications.