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| International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert from Osaka, Japan More than 190 countries are confirmed for the third annual International Jazz Day celebration. From listening parties, rehearsals and recitals, poetry readings and workshops to concerts, master classes and clinics, art initiatives, and radio broadcasts - every event counts! Stream the All-Star Global Concert Live from Osaka, Japan via JazzDay.com The live performance in Osaka, Japan will begin at 7 p.m. JST, or New York 6 a.m. | London 11 a.m. I Istanbul 1 p.m. Tokyo 7 p.m. | Sydney 8 p.m. The webcast will be available on demand 4 hours after the original start time. International Jazz Day 2014 Global Host City Osaka will feature All-Star Global Concert in Osaka Castle Park Japan has long been recognized as a devoted consumer of jazz music. International Jazz Day Global Host City Osaka continues to live up to its reputation as one of the original incubators of jazz in Japan. Known in the early to mid 1920s as Japan's "jazz mecca, " the city is the birthplace of influential early jazz artists such as Hattori Ryoichi and Nanri Fumio, and still houses many clubs and listening spaces such as pianist Hisayuki Terai's OverSeas Club, the St. James Jazz Club, The Royal Horse, Jazz Bar Bird, Yakata de Voce and Rug Time Osaka. For the All-Star Global Concert the space moves to Japan's beautiful Osaka Castle Park and will host more than 30 world-renowned performers with an audience of thousands in celebration of the third annual International Jazz Day. The United Nations Honors International Jazz Day With New Postage Stamps The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) will issue new postage stamps and a souvenir card to celebrate International Jazz Day on 30 April 2014. The stamps, featuring three mini-sheets of twelve stamps were designed by Sergio Baradat (United Nations). write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |