Louis Armstrong’s concerts in Prague in 1965. A springboard for Swiss producer Werner Schmid”
Jiří Andrs
| Pages | 23–32 |
|---|---|
| DOI | 10.37520/amnph.2020.012 |
| Keywords | post-stalinism, jazz, Louis Armstrong, musical production, mainstream, history of everyday life |
| Type of Article | Peer-reviewed |
| Citation | ANDRS, Jiří. Louis Armstrong’s concerts in Prague in 1965. A springboard for Swiss producer Werner Schmid”. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia. Prague: National Museum, 2020, 74(3-4), 23–32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/amnph.2020.012. ISSN 2570-6845 (print), 2570-6853 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-historia/74-3-4/louis-armstrongs-concerts-in-prague-in-1965-a-springboard-for-swiss-producer-werner-schmid |
The building of cultural dynamics of Czechoslovak post-stalinist era of the 1960s was interconnected to profitable production activities and restoring of ties to the West. Louis Armstrong’s series of performances in March 1965 became a milestone of this trend. Two key figures of the second half of the 1960s appeared in the background – Swiss producer Werner Schmid and manager František Spurný on Czechoslovak side. Thanks to the not-yet-published archival materials of Czechoslovak secret police (StB) we can learn new facts about the background of 1960s cultural exchange between the West and Czechoslovakia.