2019 INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY ALL-STAR GLOBAL CONCERT
Melbourne, Australia
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock today announced the programme for the 2019 edition of International Jazz Day, which will be launched in Australia and celebrated in more than 190 countries around the world.
The 2019 All-Star Global Concert will be webcast for free on jazzday.com, unesco.org, YouTube and Facebook at 15:00 UTC / 11:00 New York / 16:00 Paris on Tuesday, April 30.
2019 International Jazz Day Event Map
Featured Organizer
Nelisa Lawton and her husband founded the Into Music Society (IMS) in order to expose youth in Swaziland to jazz music and to provide networking opportunities for Swazi jazz musicians. IMS has participated in International Jazz Day every year since its inception with a concert performed by music students, backed by local Swazi jazz musicians. The 2018 event will be dedicated to the late South African trumpeter, composer, activist and International Jazz Day All-Star Hugh Masekela, with participants performing some of “Bra Hugh’s” best-known compositions.Read More
2019 Events
- Jazz World Photo 2019 exhibition Galerie města Trutnova, Trutnov (Czech Republic)
- Jazz in the Dominican Republic: its promoters and new album releases Dominican Fiesta Hotel, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
- Kaleidoscope Cafe Cape Town Celebrating International Jazz Day Kaleidoscope Cafe, Cape Town (South Africa)
- JAZZ DAY A SCUOLA INSTITUTO COMPRENSIVO , MATERA (Italy)
- Kazakhstan International Jazz Festival Kazakh State Philharmonic named after Zhambyl, Almaty (Kazakhstan)
- Plaza Real The music of Weather Report Arthur's Pub, Dublin (Ireland)
- MBS Light International Jazz Day Broadcast , COORPAROO (Australia)
- Playlist “Belgian jazz musicians” STIB, Brussels (Belgium)
- #Jazz Day at O Jazz & O Samba – Rio O Jazz & O Samba, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- UNESCO International Jazz Day 2019 in Luanda Luanda Naval Club, Luanda (Angola)
