Today, April 30, 2014, is International Jazz Day, a UNESCO initiative. This year’s host city is Osaka, Japan. Concerts will be streamed live on JazzDay.com and feature an impressive lineup of world-famous artists:
Pianists Toshiko Akiyoshi, Kris Bowers, John Beasley, Herbie Hancock and Makoto Ozone; vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jonathan Butler, Roberta Gambarini, Lalah Hathaway, Gregory Porter and Oumou Sangaré; trumpeters Theo Croker, Roy Hargrove, Claudio Roditi and Terumasa Hino; bassists James Genus, Marcus Miller and Esperanza Spalding; drummers Terri Lyne Carrington, T.S.Monk, Shuichi Hidano and the Taiko Masters; percussionists Pete Escovedo and Sheila E.; saxophonists Kenny Garrett, Courtney Pine, Troy Roberts, Wayne Shorter and Lew Tabackin; trombonist Steve Turre; guitarists Chris Thomas King, Earl Klugh, John Scofield and Joe Louis Walker.
OCLC has identified the top jazz artists represented in library collections around the world:
http://www.oclc.org/research/lists/top-jazz-artists.html
Watch this video about last year’s Jazz Day in Paris:
Which jazz musicians should we listen to today? Please leave your recommendations in the comments below!
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(Hat tip to IAML Australia for the OCLC article)
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