The second
annual International Jazz Day is being celebrated tomorrow in every country
around the world. Organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz,
each year on April 30 International Jazz Day highlights jazz's unique power for
advancing intercultural dialogue and understanding across the world.
Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, view the
International Jazz Day All-Star Celebration Concert being held
in Istanbul, Turkey - this year's Host City. The concert will be streamed live
at www.jazzday.com
The
concert is being co-presented by UNESCO, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
and the Republic of Turkey. It will take place at Istanbul's historic Hagia
Irene, the city's oldest church dating back to the 4th century. Dozens of
world-renowned musicians from 15 countries around the world will
participate.
Confirmed
artists include: pianists Herbie Hancock, John
Beasley (also the Musical Director), George Duke,
Robert Glasper, Ramsey Lewis, Keiko
Matsui and Eddie Palmieri; vocalists Rubén
Blades, Al Jarreau, Milton
Nascimento, Dianne Reeves and Joss
Stone; trumpeters Terence Blanchard, Imer
Demirer and Hugh Masekela; trombonist Alevtina
Polyakova; bassists James Genus, Marcus
Miller, Esperanza Spalding and Ben
Williams; drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and
Vinnie Colaiuta; guitarists Bilal Karaman,
John McLaughlin, Lee Ritenour and Joe
Louis Walker; saxophonists Dale Barlow, Igor
Butman, Branford Marsalis, Wayne
Shorter and Liu Yuan; clarinetists Anat
Cohen and Husnu Senlendirici; violinist
Jean-Luc Ponty; and percussionists Zakir
Hussain and Pedro Martinez. Quincy
Jones and Martin Luther King III will serve as the
concert's special guests.
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