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| April is Jazz Appreciation Month  The Smithsonian Museum has designated April as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) . UNESCO, in partnership with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, has declared April 30 to be International Jazz Day (IJD). The U.S. Conference of Mayors is urging its members to support local efforts to celebrate both JAM and IJD in 2013. Throughout the U.S. and around the world, jazz musicians and supporters are planning special April concerts and events. The month's activities will reach a crescendo on April 30, when Herbie Hancock and other jazz luminaries perform in a day-long series of Jazz Day concerts livestreamed from Istanbul, Turkey.Through the Jazz April campaign, the Jazz Journalists Association is supporting these efforts by: encouraging and helping media makers, musicians, venues, businesses and organizations, as well as individual fans and listeners, to use traditional, online and social media as well as other means to spread the word that "April is Jazz Month." working with local jazz groups to raise the profile of jazz in their communities by designating and celebrating local "Jazz Heroes" and gaining official local government recognition for Jazz Month activities. There's information about the campaign and specific suggestions for MUSICIANS | ORGANIZATIONS & BUSINESSES | JOURNALISTS & MEDIA MAKERS | EDUCATORS at the new JazzApril website created by the Jazz Journalists Association in support of Jazz Appreciation Month and International Jazz Day. YOU can participate in JazzApril Whoever you are, wherever in the world you live, there's a way for you to help spread the word about jazz during Jazz Appreciation Month (April) and Jazz Day (April 30)- we're bundling both these celebrations together and calling it "JazzApril." Whatever you want to call it, though, there's no doubt: APRIL IS JAZZ MONTH. Please join our email list so we can keep you up to date: jazzapril@jazzjournalists.org THANKS AND WELCOME Howard Mandel, President of the Jazz Journalists Association write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |