In Memory of Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin performs with UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock during the 2016 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo: Steve Mundinger
International Jazz Day mourns the loss of the music icon Aretha Franklin.
We were privileged to have Ms. Franklin perform for the fifth annual International Jazz Day at the White House in Washington, D.C., where she shared the stage with UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock and other jazz legends.
In addition to her storied career as a performer, Ms. Franklin has served as a tireless advocate of music and culture. It was important to her that people of all ages recognize the values, significance and impact that jazz has had and continues to have on the world.
2018 International Jazz Day Event Map
Featured Organizer
Mariano Abello founded the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory School of Music (KJC) in 2007, in an effort to offer scholarships and other opportunities to music students in Nepal. The school attracts international visiting artists to perform and teach students about jazz. KJC has participated in International Jazz Day every year since its inception, including in 2015 following the devastating earthquake in Nepal. That year, with the help of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the UNESCO Office in Nepal, and the American Embassy, KJC held Jazz Day festivities in July. Read More
2018 Events
- Arena Derthona for International Jazz Day Teatro Civico di Tortona, Tortona (Italy)
- Jazz Day at KIS Almaty KIS, Almaty (Kazakhstan)
- West Coast Jazz Festival Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo (Canada)
- IJD “A Jazz Evening” Colombo Sri Lanka CR & FC Grounds Longdon Place, Colombo, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
- J*A*ZZ*pril – Month of Jazz – Public Viewing Haus Eifgen, Wermelskirchen (Germany)
- International Jazz Day – Iceland Music , Reykjavik (Iceland)
- International Jazz Day AZ Foundation & Global Chamber-PHX Presents The Mesa Arts Center, Mesa (United States)
- Trio Expression – When That Day Will Be Mine? Ethnographic Museum of Split, Split (Croatia)
- International Jazz Day 2018 Swiss Bel Hotel - Makassar, Makassar (Indonesia)
- Jazz Day at The UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES CUDA Escuela de Música, Mérida (Venezuela)
