International Jazz Day 2018
The month of April is considered Jazz Appreciation Month and has been a month-long celebration of America’s music – jazz. Started in 2001 by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, JAM has become a national movement to promote this art form to the next generation.
As a finale to this musical month, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched International Jazz Day in 2012 to become a global outreach day to collectively bring all jazz styles for a time of celebrating a genre of music that brings together so many walks of life. With the help of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, IJD is reaching new audiences, worldwide, and introducing (or reacquainting) the music of jazz.
For 2018, the IJD Global Concert is taking place in St. Petersburg, Russia today, April 30th. Global Times for today’s performance are:
- 16:00 – New York
- 21:00 – London
- 22:00 – Paris
- 23:00 – St. Petersburg
- 05:00 – Tokyo (May 1)
To watch this concert go to the bottom of this article for a link to the IJD’s Facebook page or visit JazzDay.com. Here is a list of some of the great performers from around the world expected on this concert:
- Herbie Hancock (USA) and Igor Butman (Russia), Co-Artistic Directors
- John Beasley (USA), Musical Director.
- Cyrille Aimée (France)
- Oleg Akkuratov (Russia)
- Till Brönner (Germany)
- Oleg Butman (Russia)
- Terri Lyne Carrington (USA)
- Joey DeFrancesco (USA)
- Fatoumata Diawara (Mali)
- Vadim Eilenkrig (Russia)
- Kurt Elling (USA)
- Antonio Faraò (Italy)
- James Genus (USA)
- Robert Glasper (USA)
- David Goloschyokin (Russia)
- Hassan Hakmoun (Morocco)
- Gilad Hekselman (Israel)
- Horacio Hernandez (Cuba)
- Taku Hirano (Japan)
- Anatoly Kroll (Russia)
- Gaoyang Li (China)
- Rudresh Mahanthappa (USA)
- The Manhattan Transfer (USA)
- Branford Marsalis (USA)
- James Morrison (Australia)
- Moscow Jazz Orchestra (Russia)
- Makoto Ozone (Japan)
- Danilo Pérez (Panama)
- Dianne Reeves (USA)
- Lee Ritenour (USA)
- Luciana Souza (Brazil)
- Ben Williams (USA)
