April 30 – International Jazz Day

JazzDay.com will be presenting Live Video Broadcasts of these performances:

April 27 – UNESCO, Paris: 8pm(CET)/2pm(EDT)
April 30 – Congo Square, New Orleans: 8am(EDT)
April 30 – United Nations, New York: 7:30pm(EDT)

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock, co-chair of International Jazz Day, will be joined in New Orleans by jazz luminaries Terence Blanchard, Ellis Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Kermit Ruffins, Treme Brass Band, and Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts.

New York artists include Tony Bennett, Terence Blanchard, Richard Bona (Cameroon), Dee Dee Bridgewater, Candido, Robert Cray, Eli Degibri (Israel), Jack DeJohnette, Sheila E., Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath, Zakir Hussain (India), Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo (Benin), Lang Lang (China), Romero Lubambo (Brazil), Shankar Mahadevan (India), Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Masekela (South Africa), Christian McBride, Danilo Pérez, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Hiromi (Japan), and others.

Confirmed Co-Hosts include Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Quincy Jones in New York.