Unesco celebrates the International Day of Jazz

On April 30, the International Day of Jazz will take place for the sixth time. People in over 190 countries around the world will celebrate the universal importance of jazz through thousands of concerts, educational activities and film screenings. The central event will feature an all-star concert in Havana, Cuba.

The all-star concert at the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso in Havana will feature over 35 artists, including Till Brönner from Germany, Ambrose Akinmusire (USA), Carl Allen (USA), Marc Antoine (France), Richard Bona (USA), A Bu (China), Igor Butman (Russia), Bobby Carcassés (Cuba), Regina Carter (USA), Kurt Elling (USA), Kenny Garrett (USA), Herbie Hancock (USA), Antonio Hart (USA), Takuya Kuroda (Japan), Ivan Lins (Brazil), Sixto Llorente (Cuba), Marcus Miller (USA), Youn Sun Nah (South Korea), Julio Padrón (Cuba), Gianluca Petrella (Italy), Gonzalo Rubalcaba (Cuba), Antonio Sánchez (Mexico), Christian Sands (USA), Esperanza Spalding (USA), Chucho Valdés (Cuba), Ben Williams (USA), Tarek Yamani (Lebanon), Dhafer Youssef (Tunisia), Pancho Amat (Cuba) and César López (Cuba). The concert will take place on the UNESCO website broadcast live.

Until 2014, Jazz Day in Switzerland featured a Jazz Day Festival will be held. This year's events include the ZKB Jazz Prize Festival at Moods in Zurich from April 30 and a Roaring Twenties Show in Uster. More national events at jazzday.com