The 2021 All-Star Global Concert featured an historic lineup of performances by some of the world’s greatest jazz masters. For the first time ever, in honor of the 10th Anniversary of International Jazz Day, the 2021 Concert showcased artists joining from an array of locations around the world–demonstrating the global reach and appeal of this special music.
The 2021 concert included stunning performances by Herbie Hancock (Artistic Director), John Beasley (Musical Director), Alex Acuña, Melissa Aldana, Justo Almario, Massimo Biolcati, Dee Dee Bridgewater, A Bu, ... continua

Watch the International @Jazzday 2023 All-Star Global Concert!
@herbiehancock takes viewers on an international tour of sights and sounds showcasing jazz in all its diversity. The concert features performances from Beijing, China; Beirut, Lebanon; Casablanca, Morocco; Johannesburg, South Africa; Marondera, Zimbabwe; Paris, France; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Vienna, Austria; and Fairbanks, Honolulu, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC, USA.
The live-streamed concert event features performances by some of the world’s most accomplished jazz artists, including ... continua

Ecco la 2^ parte del tradizionale concerto al tramonto della 31^ edizione di Ecojazz 2022 a Reggio Calabria, che ha visto l'esibizione di Alberto La Neve (sax) e di Salvatore Cauteruccio (accordion).

In the midst of conflict and division, International Jazz Day 2022 sends the vital message that, no matter who we are or where we come from–we can still make music together.
Watch the International Jazz Day 2022 All-Star Global Concert streamed live from the UN General Assembly Hall in New York featuring dozens of acclaimed artists affirming the importance of jazz as a means of achieving unity and peace through dialogue and diplomacy.
With Herbie Hancock serving as Host and Artistic Director and John Beasley as Musical Director, the program is set to feature ... continua

To launch the 2018 International Jazz Day celebration, we presented a special #Jazz Day Salute to New Orleans where Jazz was born! Performers included Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ledisi, Patti Austin, Philip Bailey, Bilal, Preservation All-Stars, Jon Cleary, John Beasley (Musical Director) and so many more great musicians coming together to recognize the 300th anniversary of the City of New Orleans and Jazz as the universal language of peace.

For Jazzmeia Horn, this concert defined a moment. This was The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, after all, one of the most prestigious stages in the America jazz circuit. "Not a lot of people get that opportunity," she reflected, not only to show up for herself and her art, but to act as a good steward of jazz music, an African American art form and legacy by which the idioms of today's industry, according to Horn, don't always reflect the culture of a specific people. She hand-picked an entirely Black and brown team from bandmates to to hair and makeup and even ... continua

Jon Batiste spent his 33rd birthday playing an intimate, private concert with his band in the round while Jazz Night in America captured the show. He kept it classy, donning a suede jacket and playing selections from his two latest Verve releases, Chronology of A Dream and Anatomy of Angels.
You probably know Jon Batiste as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. But his credentials are deep as the roots of the Batiste family tree. He's the co-artistic director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and has been a collaborator with ... continua

As a bassist and bandleader, Linda May Han Oh has demonstrated her gift for liquid dynamism, not only within her peer group but also with heroic elders like guitarist Pat Metheny. As a composer and arranger, Oh recently scaled up her ambitions with Aventurine, a sparkling album featuring what you might call a double quartet, though the music tells a more seamless story.
Jazz Night in America teamed up with Capital Bop's Traveling Loft Series to present this project at NPR's Studio One in Washington, D.C. Just as she did on the album, Oh led a chamber-jazz ensemble ... continua

Miles Davis famously once said, "I have to change; it's like a curse." And, that’s exactly what he did throughout his entire career.
In 1969, the trumpet icon may have pulled off his greatest reinvention yet: he went “electric.” He turned the jazz world upside down. It was the beginning of what is commonly referred to as the Electric Miles period – groundbreaking, raw, controversial, and now, classic.
“He had been evolving all along,” electric bassist (and Davis collaborator) Marcus Miller says about his idol. “In the same way that America's ... continua

Mark Guiliana is a drummer renowned for his chameleon-like ways with pulse - whether he's leading his acoustic jazz quartet, playing in a duo with Brad Mehldau or providing the back beat behind David Bowie's final album, Blackstar. Now, Guiliana is in another mutation mode, shifting his focus from acoustic jazz sounds to explore an exciting realm of electro-jazz.
In this concert film from Rough Trade in New York City, the multi-faceted artist celebrates the release of Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! (Motéma Music). The show, which kicked off a European tour, ... continua