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The following is an incomplete list of notable jazz festivals, including both current and defunct festivals of note.
International Jazz Day is an International Day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 "to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe." [1] It is celebrated annually on April 30. [2] The idea came from jazz pianist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock. Jazz Day is chaired by Hancock and the ...
The opening was by Norwegian jazz poet Jan Erik Vold, warning about political misdirections of our time, followed by the opening concert signed Arild Andersen. [14] April 23 – The 7th Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (April 23–30). [15] 25 – The 32nd April Jazz Espoo started (April 25 – 29). [16] 30 – The International Jazz Day. [17]
Hiromi’s Sonicwonder orbits the Mondavi Center at UC Davis on April 18 with a familiar warmth of classical-jazz piano and more pointedly daring synthesizer-driven compositions. Tickets are $65.
Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) is a music festival held every April in Canada and the United States, in honor of jazz as an early American art form. JAM was created in 2001 by John Edward Hasse, curator of the Smithsonian 's National Museum of American History. [1] It became a national extension of the original Jazz Awareness Month created by the Louisiana Jazz Federation in New Orleans in 1980.
A capacity crowd of about 10,000 people braved heat and humidity to witness the 70th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, one of the largest music festivals in New England. It has brought ...
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island. [1] [2]
Pages in category "Jazz festivals in the United States" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.