# International Jazz Day!!! Legendary figures of jazz, blues and beyond to electrify the city of Tangier – and screens throughout the world: Video, Photos

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- Published: 2024-04-30T00:06:58+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**The 2024 edition of International Jazz Day will be celebrated in more than 190
countries on April 30. **

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock
are pleased to announce that the city of Tangier, Morocco will serve as the Global
Host and will anchor the International Jazz Day programs around the world.

The four-day celebration in Tangier (April 27-30) will emphasize the city’s jazz
heritage and highlight cultural and artistic ties between people in Morocco, Europe
and Africa. A culminating All-Star Global Concert at the beautiful, new Palace of
Arts and Culture of Tangier – an architectural masterpiece – will be broadcast via
YouTube, Facebook, the United Nations and UNESCO to millions of viewers worldwide.

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Presented in partnership with the Ministry of Culture of Morocco and the City of
Tangier, the four-day celebration (April 27-30) will emphasize the city’s jazz heritage
and highlight cultural and artistic ties between people in Morocco, Europe and Africa.
A series of education programs will include events for students of all ages, a special
presentation showcasing the significance of Morocco’s Gnawa music and its connection
with jazz, and conversations about the history of jazz and its impact on Tangier,
among others. A culminating All-Star Global Concert at the beautiful, new Palace
of Arts and Culture of Tangier – an architectural masterpiece – will be broadcast
via YouTube, Facebook, JazzDay.com, the United Nations and UNESCO to millions of
viewers worldwide.

Music enthusiasts can look forward to legendary figures of jazz, blues and beyond
electrifying the city of Tangier – and screens throughout the world. Led by iconic
pianist Herbie Hancock and Musical Director John Beasley (USA), the All-Star Global
Concert will feature performances by an international roster of artists from all
corners of the globe, including master Gnawa musician Abdellah El Gourd (Morocco).
Other confirmed artists include: Claudia Acuña (Chile), Ambrose Akinmusire (USA),
Lakecia Benjamin (USA), Richard Bona (Cameroon), Dee Dee Bridgewater (USA), Moreira
Chonguiça (Mozambique), Shemekia Copeland (USA), Kurt Elling (USA), Antonio Faraò(
Italy), Melody Gardot (USA), Jazzmeia Horn (USA), JK Kim (Republic of Korea), Magnus
Lindgren (Sweden), Romero Lubambo (Brazil), Marcus Miller (USA), Yasushi Nakamura(
Japan), Tarek Yamani (Lebanon), and many more to be announced.

Located at the crossroads of Europe and Africa, Tangier is known as a melting pot
of cultural expressions. Tangier boasts a long, rich history of jazz. Among the 
world-renowned jazz artists who performed and spent time in Tangier were Josephine
Baker, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Mann and Archie Shepp. For many years, jazz master
Randy Weston lived in Tangier, where he collaborated with Gnawa master Abdellah 
El Gourd to explore the roots of jazz and African music. Gnawa-jazz, a fusion of
Morocco’s traditional musical style and jazz, is appreciated across Morocco and 
far beyond. In the 1970s, Weston founded the African Jazz Festival, which became
the inspiration for multiple jazz festivals throughout Morocco, including Tanjazz
and Jazzablanca.

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In addition to the Global Concert, UNESCO encourages schools, universities and non-
governmental organizations around the world to celebrate International Jazz Day.
Performing arts venues, community centers, town squares, parks, libraries, museums,
restaurants, clubs and festivals organize thousands of activities, while public 
radio and television feature jazz on and around International Jazz Day.

Established by the General Conference of UNESCO in 2011 and recognized by the United
Nations General Assembly, International Jazz Day brings together countries and communities
worldwide every April 30. The annual International Jazz Day celebration highlights
the power of jazz and its role in promoting peace, dialogue among cultures, diversity
and respect for human dignity.

International Jazz Day has become a global movement reaching more than 2 billion
people annually on all continents through education programs, performances, community
outreach, radio, television and streaming, along with electronic, print and social
media. The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz is the lead nonprofit organization charged
with planning, promoting and producing International Jazz Day each year.

To learn more about International Jazz Day and register events on the official website,
visit www.jazzday.com or www.unesco.org/en/international-jazz-day.

About UNESCO – With 194 Member States, the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization contributes to peace and security by leading multilateral
cooperation on education, science, culture, communication and information. Headquartered
in Paris, UNESCO has offices in 54 countries and employs over 2300 people. UNESCO
oversees more than 2000 World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and Global Geoparks;
networks of Creative, Learning, Inclusive and Sustainable Cities; and over 13,000
associated schools, university chairs, training and research institutions. Its Director-
General is Audrey Azoulay. More information: www.unesco.org

Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz – The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz preserves,
perpetuates and expands jazz as a global art form, and utilizes jazz as a means 
to unite people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities. The Institute is a nonprofit
education organization with a mission to offer the world’s most promising young 
musicians college level training by internationally acclaimed jazz masters and to
present public school music education programs for young people around the world.

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