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title: 'Louis Armstrong and His All Stars at the UNESCO Theater: The Ambassador of Jazz (Arabic-English poster distributed in Beirut)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/louis-armstrong-appearance-arabic-lebanon-1959/
description: An orange and black bilingual poster for concerts by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars at the UNESCO Theater, Beirut.
section: Collection
---

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# Louis Armstrong and His All Stars at the UNESCO Theater: The Ambassador of Jazz (Arabic-English poster distributed in Beirut)

An orange and black bilingual poster for concerts by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars at the UNESCO Theater, Beirut, with a large engraved-style portrait of Armstrong blowing a trumpet. It gives evening and matinee dates in April and two ticket outlets. The tell is transfer: the epithet 'The Ambassador of Jazz' attaches a diplomatic title and prestige to the performer and the event.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Arabic and English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
سفير الجاز
لويس ارمسترونغ
ونجومه
على مسرح الاونيسكو

تباع التذاكر: مكتبة انطوان - باب ادريس
مكتبة خياط - شارع بلس
سواريه: مساء ايام 6 و7 و8 و9 نيسان
ماتينيه: في 7 و9 نيسان

[signature:] ZADIG
The Ambassador of Jazz
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
and his All Stars
AT THE UNESCO THEATER
EVENINGS -- April 6, 7, 8, 9
MATINEE -- April 7, 9
Tickets on sale
ANTOINE LIBRARY, BAB EDRISS
KHAYAT LIBRARY, BLISS STREET
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The Ambassador of Jazz. Louis Armstrong and his stars, at the UNESCO Theater. Tickets are sold at: Antoine Library - Bab Idris; Khayat Library - Bliss Street. Evening performances on the evenings of 6, 7, 8 and 9 April; matinee on 7 and 9 April.
```

The signature is read as 'ZADIG'.

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