UNESCO has designated 30th April as International Jazz Day. Its celebrated all over the world as Jazz has the ability to unite people across barriers, it promotes peace and freedom of expression, and eradicates all sorts of discrimination. Jazz promotes intercultural dialogue and has the ability to build a more inclusive society.
As in the past, Jazz Day brought few jazz musicians to the designated host city where they conducted several days of educational workshops and performances, finally culminating in the All-Star Concert. There were also celebrations across the globe.
2019 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert from Melbourne
“The world is in turmoil right now. Not just in the countries that we’re calling conflict zones. The purpose of this event is to show, through the music, the kind of world that we can live in if we work toward those goals, of respecting everybody It’s about more than being American, or Australian, or any particular group. But it celebrates the cultures of all the groups. This is what jazz really does,” Herbie Hancock
UNESCO believes in the power of Jazz as a force for peace, dialogue and mutual understanding and this is why in November 2011, the UNESCO General Conference proclaimed 30 April as “International Jazz Day”.
“Jazz is not just music, it is a way of life, it is a way of being, a way of thinking,” Nina Simone.
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