Cultural Exchange
Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
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From reports on Dizzy Gillespie
It was clear to the local press
He quelled a riot so far off base
Restored the place to comparative peace
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
When Dizz moved, the riots were routed
People danced and cheered and shouted
The headlines mattered, the hour was his
They dropped their stones and they rocked with Dizz
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
Yeah, I remember when Dizz was in Greece, back in '57
He did such a good job, we started sending jazz all over the world
The State Department has discovered jazz
It reaches folks like nothing ever has
Like when they feel that jazzy rhythm
They know we're really with 'em
That's what we call cultural exchange
No commodity is quite so strange
As this thing called cultural exchange
Say that our prestige needs a tonic
Export the Philharmonic
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
We put Oklahoma in Japan
South Pacific, we gave to Iran
And when our neighbors called us vermin
We sent out Woody Herman
That's what we call cultural exchange
Yeah, Schwinn gave the Muscovites a thrill
That boogie and bliss
Weinstein was the darlin' of Brazil
And isn't he here
And just to stop internal mayhem
We dispatched Martha Graham
That's what we call cultural exchange
That's what we call cultural exchange
Yes, and if the world goes wacky
We'll get John to send out Jackie
You mean Jackie Robinson?
No, man, I mean the First Lady
That's what we call cultural exchange
Oh, that's what we call cultural exchange
Ooh, yes