International Jazz Day - April 30
Sun Apr 30th

International Jazz Day

International Jazz Day, which takes place every year on April 30th, highlights a movement that unites people from around the world. The day also encourages families, schools, researchers, and artists to investigate jazz's origins and its impact.

Jazz comes from a blend of music from slave slaves' homelands, according to music historians. These slaves would assemble in Congo Square on Sundays around 1819, when they did not have to work. Congo Square was located in New Orleans, which is considered the birthplace of jazz music. The sounds consisted of Caribbean music from the West Indies, beats from Africa, and South African hymns. The finishing touches for ragtime music were upbeat tunes from the theaters and sounds from brass marching bands.. The blues, another form of music, originated from spiritual church music played with brass instruments.

Jazz came together in the late 1890s, ragtime and blues music came together to form jazz. Buddy Bolden, an African-American bandleader, is known as the first man of jazz. a.k.a. In 1918, during WWI, French and British soldiers were introduced to jazz music. The genre exploded in popularity during the 1920s. Despite the fact that jazz music is not as popular as it once was, the genre of music still has a way of uniting different cultures today. Many believe jazz music symbolizes peace and unity, sparks intercultural dialogue, and reduces tensions between individuals, groups, and communities.

#InternationalJazzDay is a worldwide recognition of the United States' InternationalJazzDay. HOW TO OBSERVE #InternationalJazzDay.com explains. Each year, a different city hosts the All-Star Global Concert. Past host cities included Sydney, St. Petersburg, Habana, Washington D.C., Paris, Osaka, and Istanbul. In addition, jazz musicians, professional artists, and music educators hold workshops, lectures, free performances, virtual concerts, jam sessions, and community outreach programs. The following links are also available: Jazz artists, professional artists, and music educators..

To participate:

  • Learn about some of the best jazz musicians of all time, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald..
  • Keep On Keepin' On Keepin' On. A film based on Jazz by Ken Burns, The Girls in the Band, and Keep On Keepin' On. A film based on Jazz by Ken Burns
  • Listen to jazz music, watch jazz music videos online, or attend a jazz festival

#InternationalJazzDay, share your favorite jazz song on social media with #InternationalJazzDay..

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF JAZZ DAY HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF HISTORY. DAY HISTORY. JAZZ, INTERNATIONAL JAZZ. In 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), declared April 30th as International Jazz Day. On April 30th, 2012, the first event was held. The event began with a sunrise concert in Congo Square, New Orleans, New Orleans. It came to a sunset concert at the UN headquarters in New York City. The day has marked the world's biggest jazz festival.