{"id":91844,"date":"2017-04-26T06:04:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T10:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/?p=91844"},"modified":"2018-10-02T21:52:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T01:52:52","slug":"havana-world-capital-of-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/havana-world-capital-of-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana, world capital of jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this Monday a universal celebration is taking place in Havana.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuban capital was chosen by UNESCO as the principal venue of International Jazz Day in 2017, which is organized every April 30 in close to 200 countries. However, more than a unique date for the activities, the city will host a wide program that includes workshops, audiovisual presentations, jam sessions and concerts, with more than 50 musicians of different nationalities.<\/p>\n<p>Havana\u2019s selection responds to the island\u2019s long musical tradition and the unquestionable influence of Cuban artists in the evolution of this genre.<\/p>\n<p>In her annual message for the date, Irina Bokova, UNESCO general director, highlighted Cuban jazz as \u201ca lesson of creative diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba\u2019s booming musical culture,\u201d she points out, \u201cgave rise to the Afro-Cuban jazz movement, inspired on a prodigious mixture of cultures and peoples from the entire region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the day\u2019s aims, Bokova underlined the will inherent to this musical expression of \u201cdeeply delving in respect for human rights and all forms of expression\u2026. The central role granted to Cuba in this year\u2019s edition is proof of the power of jazz to build bridges and join women and men around common values and hopes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The peak moment of the celebration will be this Sunday\u2019s concert in the Alicia Alonso Grand Theater of Havana, which will be broadcast live via streaming and which will have among its most dazzling stars U.S. musicians Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones and Cubans Chucho Vald\u00e9s and Roberto \u201cBobby\u201d Carcass\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Hancock, one of the most renovating figures of the contemporary jazz scene and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue, will also participate in a tribute that will be paid to the organizers of the Jazz Plaza Festival, an event with more than three decades on the island\u2019s billboards. In addition, he will share with Quincy Jones a space dedicated to jazz and cinema.<\/p>\n<p>The educational program comprises an exchange between students of Cuban art schools and conservatories and a delegation from the U.S. Thelonious Monk Institute. Maestros like Japanese trumpet player Takuya Kuroda, U.S. violinist Regina Carter, Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana and Cameroon bass player Richard Bona will give different workshops throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>The artistic presentations, previewed starting this Wednesday, will take place in Havana scenarios like the Cuba Pavilion, La Zorra y el Cuervo jazz club and the Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Jazz and rumba will merge in the gardens of the Mella Theater, while the Nacional Theater will receive experienced percussionist Ruy L\u00f3pez-Nussa with his project La Academia and other renowned musicians from the island.<\/p>\n<p>The list of international artists present in Havana around these days includes U.S. musicians Kenny Garret (saxophone), Esperanza Spalding (bass) and Kurt Elling (voice), French guitarist Marc Antoine, German trumpet player Till Br\u00f6nnerm, Tunisian singer Dhafer Youssef and Chinese pianist A Bu. Starring for Cuba are also, among others, pianist Roberto Fonseca, saxophonist C\u00e9sar L\u00f3pez, flute player Orlando \u201cMaraca\u201d Valle and tres player Pancho Amat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91896\" style=\"width: 755px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Marcus-Miller-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"490\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91896\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Marcus-Miller-1.jpg\" alt=\"New York bassist Marcus Miller, UNESCO Artist for Peace and who has worked with figures like Miles Davis, Elton John, Grover Washington and Frank Sinatra, will also perform in Havana. Photo: Siebe van Ineveld.\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York bassist Marcus Miller, UNESCO Artist for Peace and who has worked with figures like Miles Davis, Elton John, Grover Washington and Frank Sinatra, will also perform in Havana. Photo: Siebe van Ineveld.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>International Jazz Day has been celebrated since 2012 and has had as venues Osaka, Paris and Istanbul. In 2016 it was organized in Washington and then President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were the hosts of the main concert held in the White House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this Monday a universal celebration is taking place in Havana. The Cuban capital was chosen by UNESCO as the principal venue of International Jazz Day in 2017, which is organized every April 30 in close to 200 countries. 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