It’ll come as no surprise that we love International Jazz Day given we have the superb Be Bop in our collection; not the mention the Dupont Gypsy Jazz guitars. And if it’s bowed you’re interested in why not check out our DB4 double bass or VP violins?
Today is International Jazz Day. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the worldwide celebration will take place in a virtual format.
The day’s centrepiece will be a virtual Global Concert featuring artists from across the globe, streamed live on jazzday.com. The concert will begin at 8pm BST and will feature performances by Marcus Miller, Lang Lang, Charlie Puth, Cecile McLorin Salvant Music, John McLaughlin, Dianne Reeves Music, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sibongile Khumalo, Alune Wade, John Beasley, Ben Williams, Lizz Wright, John Scofield, Igor Butman, Evgeny Pobozhiy, Youn Sun Nah, A Bu, Jane Monheit, and Joey DeFrancesco, amongst many others.
Leading up to the virtual Global Concert, there will be a free series of educational masterclasses, children’s activities, and discussions via web conference featuring renowned educators and jazz artists; all streamed live via jazzday.com. As not all of these are in English here is the full list of who what and when (all times are BST).
Chinese
Masterclass
A Bu
11h00
Spanish
Masterclass
Danilo Pérez
16h00
Russian
Masterclass
Igor Butman
16h30
French
Children’s activity
Dee Dee Bridgewater
17h00
English
Children’s activity
Oran Etkin
17h30
Arabic
Masterclass
Tarek Yamani
18h00
English
Panel
Nate Chinen, Sibongile Khumalo,
Marcus Miller
18h30
English
Masterclass
Lwanda Gogwana
19h00
Normally, we’d be encouraging you to get out and enjoy Jazz Day to its fullest. However, due to these extraordinary times we’re instead encouraging you to stay at home, enjoy playing some jazz yourself, and tune in for the virtual concert.
April might have been Jazz Appreciation Month but today is International Jazz Day.
To celebrate International Jazz Day there will be a global concert in Melbourne featuring over 30 world-renowned artists Including Herbie Hancock, James Morrison, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Kurt Elling.
The good news is that there will be a free webcast of the concert on www.jazzday.com, www.unesco.org, YouTube, and Facebook at 3pm GMT today.