Commentary: Cultural artifacts inspired by the Korean War prove it is hardly forgotten 70 years later
The new film “Oppenheimer” guarantees fresh debates about America ending World War II by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945. Odd but true: Only eight years later, in 1953, a troupe of mostly American musical artists — Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, among others — received rapturous applause in Tokyo as part of producer Norman Granz’s concert series ...
The new film “Oppenheimer” guarantees fresh debates about America ending World War II by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945.
Odd but true: Only eight years later, in 1953, a troupe of mostly American musical artists — Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, among others — received rapturous applause in Tokyo as part of producer Norman Granz’s concert series “Jazz at the Philharmonic,” which became a smash hit on an international
