Join us for a celebration of International Jazz Day featuring the Mark Filsinger Chamber Big Band! The group features the top jazz musicians in WNY and plays Filsinger’s original compositions and arrangements. This event will also serve as an album release celebration for the group’s inaugural album, “Groovin High” that was recorded in November at […]
Global Concert from United Nations Headquarters in New York to be hosted by Herbie Hancock, features Marcus Miller, Gregory Porter, David Sanborn, Hiromi, Pedrito Martínez, Ravi Coltrane, José James, Terri Lyne Carrington, Linda Oh, Shemekia Copeland, Lizz Wright, and others Paris and New York––UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock announced the […]
(Photo: Rising star jazz vocalist, Anaïs Reno, visits Buffalo to perform in a special International Jazz Day concert!) Jazz has truly become a global phenomenon. International Jazz Day, celebrated every year on April 30th, recognizes the international presence of jazz as well as the multi-cultural influence of jazz all over the world. Here, in Buffalo, […]
In April of 2001, Jazz Appreciation Month was founded by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. The annual celebration shines a light on the heritage and contributions of jazz to American History. This year, Jazz Appreciation Month will explore the cross-pollination of Afro-Caribbean music and jazz leading into the formation of Latin jazz. Since […]
Fredonia Jazz Faculty Collective Nick Weiser, piano Elliot Scozzaro, alto saxophone Kieran Hanlon, bass John Bacon, drums Join the Fredonia Jazz Faculty Collective as we celebrate International Jazz Day! In addition to their teaching duties at SUNY Fredonia, the members are some of the region’s first-call jazz musicians. The ensemble performs a wide range of […]
(Photo: You can catch jazz vocalist DeeAnn DiMeo as part of the TD Niagara Jazz Festival International Jazz Day celebration on Frid, April 30th.) This Friday, April 30th, we celebrate International Jazz Day. The annual celebration marks its 10th Anniversary. The COVID-19 pandemic has meant the yearly star-studded global concert will be held virtually once […]
Friday, April 30th we celebrate International Jazz Day. This year, it will mark a special occasion as the annual tribute to jazz celebrates its 10th anniversary. Quite an achievement for a global effort to raise the awareness of jazz universally but also to make jazz a part of global humanitarian consciousness. The global COVID-19 pandemic […]
All-Star Global Concert Global Concert will be hosted by Michael Douglas and feature dozens of world-renowned artists including Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Andra Day, Dee Dee Bridgewater, John McLaughlin, Dianne Reeves and Joe Lovano Concert followed by two-hour retrospective PBS Special airing nationwide at 9/8c The 10th Anniversary of International Jazz Day, the world’s largest annual […]
(Photo: In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month and Women In Jazz, a photo of Artemis, the modern-day all-women super-group featuring a septet of jazz giants: Allison Miller, Noriko Ueda (with bass), Melissa Aldana, Anat Cohen, Ingrid Jensen, music director Renee Rosnes, and Cécile McLorin Salvant..) The month of April ends, as it has the last […]
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 9th annual International Jazz Day worldwide celebration will transition to a virtual format for 2020 instead of taking place as previously planned in Cape Town, South Africa and other locations around the world on April 30th. International Jazz Day 2020 will take place online and be hosted by […]
