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  2. Jazz - Wikipedia

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    Afro-Cuban jazz renaissance. For most of its history, Afro-Cuban jazz had been a matter of superimposing jazz phrasing over Cuban rhythms. But by the end of the 1970s, a new generation of New York City musicians had emerged who were fluent in both salsa dance music and jazz, leading to a new level of integration of jazz and Cuban rhythms.

  3. List of jazz festivals - Wikipedia

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    The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (English: Montreal International Jazz Festival) is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts ...

  4. New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    October 2, 1973. New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a U.S. National Historical Park in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, near the French Quarter. It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz . Most of the historical park property consists of 4 acres (16,000 m 2) within Louis Armstrong Park leased by the ...

  5. 1968 in jazz - Wikipedia

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    John Surman: John Surman. McCoy Tyner: Tender Moments. Kenny Wheeler: Windmill Tilter. Gary Bartz: Another Earth. Pat Martino: Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) Charles Tolliver: Paper Man. Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child. Miles Davis: Miles in the Sky. Hugh Masekela: The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela.

  6. Montreal International Jazz Festival - Wikipedia

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    Website. montrealjazzfest .com. The Montreal International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. [1] Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free ...

  7. International Jazz Day - Wikipedia

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    International Jazz Day is an International Day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 "to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe." It is celebrated annually on April 30. The idea came from jazz pianist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock ...

  8. 2001 in jazz - Wikipedia

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    1 – The 30th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 1 – 4). [6] 19 – The 13th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 19 – July 8). [7] 26 – The 18th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (June 26 – July 22). [8] 29 – The 22nd Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ...

  9. Jazz Appreciation Month - Wikipedia

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    Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) is a music festival held every April in Canada and the United States, in honor of jazz as an early American art form. JAM was created in 2001 by John Edward Hasse, curator of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. [1] It became a national extension of the original Jazz Awareness Month created by the ...