SJZ International Jazz Day Celebration
Free Musical Fun for the Whole Family
Saturday, April 30 at the Hammer Theatre Center
Celebrate
International Jazz Day, the culmination of Jazz Appreciation Month, on April 30! For the first time, Silicon Valley will join with towns, cities and villages in more than 190 countries on all 7 continents to observe International Jazz Day.
Each year on April 30, International Jazz Day highlights the power of jazz as a force for freedom and creativity, promotes intercultural dialogue through respect and understanding, and unites people from all corners of the globe.
Free admission - click below for tickets to attend all of the special events!
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SJZ International Jazz Day Schedule
Saturday, April 30, 1pm - 8:30pm
The SJZ International Jazz Day celebration presents free all-ages activities and concerts at the newly reopened Hammer Theatre Center.
Sobrato Auditorium (inside)
Enjoy a diverse array of activities including a film screening, Latin music education workshop and concerts featuring two big bands from San José State University, featuring award-winning singers Nicole Henry and Nicolas
Bearde
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4-5:30pm Film Screening:
Song of Lahore, the inspiring true story
of
Pakistani classical musicians' journey to New York to perform with Wy
nton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
5-5:45pm Workshop:
Mister Latin Jazz
presents
Latin USA - Music of America
(Curtain Call cafe)
6-7pm Concert:
San José State University Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble,
under the direction of
Professor Jeff Lewis
7:30-8:30pm Concert: Award-winning vocalists
Nicole Henry
&
Nicolas Bearde
guest star with the
San José State University Jazz Orchest
ra
,
directed by Grammy-winning baritone saxophonist and composer Dr. Aaron Lington
Plaza (outside)
SJZ Boom Box
Pop-Up Performances in Public Spaces
new multidisciplinary series featuring student musicians from across the district and local artists.
1-2pm
SJZ Progressions 
2-3pm
SJZ High School All Stars Combo
Free admission - get your tickets today for priority entrance!
Hammer Theatre Center |
101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk | Downtown San Jose
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Nicole Henry
Since her debut in 2004, Nicole Henry has established herself as one of the jazz world's most acclaimed vocalists. Nicole possesses a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance. Her repertoire includes the American Songbook, classic and contemporary jazz titles, contemporary' standards, blues, and originals; while her accompaniment ranges from a simple jazz trio to a full big band. Nicole's passionate, soulful voice and heart-felt charisma has earned her a 2013 Soul Train Award for "Best Traditional Jazz Performance," three Top-10 U.S. Billboard and HMV Japan jazz albums, and rave reviews both domestically and internationally by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Japan Times, El Pais, JazzTimes, Essence and more.
Nicolas Bearde
Award-winning jazz vocalist and founding member of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra, Nicolas Bearde is an internationally renowned artist. A jazz singer of remarkable depth, range and technique, Nicolas has won acclaim from critics and jazz audiences worldwide for his 'buttery baritone' and deeply imaginative interpretations. Nicolas' brilliant and lush vocals combine passion, wit and sensuality, with an engaging rapport that captures and draws the audience into his performance. Forged from his Nashville roots and his 1980s initiation into the thriving San Francisco music scene, Nicolas' unique approach and electrifying delivery of his originals, time-tested standards, blues and other familiar jazz works, are soulful, swinging, improvisational and memorable.
About the Story of
Song of Lahore
With its ancient palaces and stately gardens, the Lahore of Pakistan's 1947 independence was a haven and a muse for musicians, artists, and poets. The city came alive to the beat of a tabla drum; with a musical culture passed down over centuries and a thriving film industry, opportunities were great for the legion of musicians that called Lahore home. Today, this vision of Lahore exists only in myth. Islamization, ethnic divisions, war and corruption have torn apart the cultural fabric of Pakistan, and the sounds of the tabla no longer drift through the old city's bazaar. In 2004, Izzat Majeed founded Sachal Studios to create a space for traditional music in a nation that had rejected its musical roots. After convincing a number of master musicians to pick up their instruments again, they quietly released some classical and folk albums. But it is an experimental album fusing jazz and South Asian instruments that brings Sachal Studios worldwide acclaim. Their rendition of Dave Brubeck's Take Five
becomes a sensation, and Wynton Marsalis invites them to New York to perform with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. After a groundbreaking week of rehearsals fusing the orchestras from Lahore and New York, the musicians take to the stage for a remarkable concert. Despite their rising international acclaim, Sachal Studios remains virtually unknown in Pakistan. The ensemble is faced with a daunting task; to reclaim and reinvigorate an art that has lost its space in Pakistan's narrowing cultural sphere.
International Jazz Day
In November 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. Chaired and led by Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, and legendary jazz pianist, composer, and UNESCO Ambassador and Institute Chairman Herbie Hancock, International Jazz Day is the one day each year that jazz is celebrated worldwide, bringing together people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities. jazzday.org
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THANKS TO OUR MANY SPONSORS
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SJZ Boom Box
Pop-Up Performances in Public Spaces new multidisciplinary series made possible through the generosity of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, in partnership with the San Jose Downtown Association.
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Founded in 1986, San Jose Jazz is a public benefit corporation celebrating jazz as a dynamic, evolving art form and is producer of the annual San Jose Jazz Summer Fest and Winter Fest. With its eclectic music programming and innovative educational offerings, San Jose Jazz preserves the jazz tradition while actively supporting the next generation of performers within the genre and beyond. For more information, please visit sanjosejazz.org.
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