UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and Herbie Hancock, together with the Republic of Turkey, announce the second annual International Jazz Day on 30th April, featuring an all-star concert in Istanbul, the 2013 global host city
UNESCO Media Services
Paris, France
February 19, 2013

"International Jazz Day is a means to highlight, support, and leverage the unifying attributes of music through worldwide celebratory events and activities on 30thApril each year," said Herbie Hancock. "On International Jazz Day, jazz is celebrated, studied, and performed around the world for 24 hours straight. Collaborations abound among jazz icons, scholars, composers, musicians, dancers, writers, and thinkers who embrace the beauty, spirit, and principles of jazz, freely sharing experiences and performances in our big cities and in our small towns, all across our seven continents."

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