The coronavirus hit the jazz community — from the devastating losses of foundational figures to clubs closing during Jazz Month. But 'to appreciate jazz, at a moment like this, is to understand how comprehensively it has been silenced.' (nprmusic)
, a summit of performances, panels and workshops, with a gala all-star concert as its marquee event. Hancock created International Jazz Day in his dual capacity as a UNESCO goodwill ambassador and chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz . The event is held in a new host city every year; its 2020 edition was supposed to take place in Cape Town, South Africa.
At the moment, there is heavy resonance in the idea of jazz as a force for good, just as there's reason to reconsider what we mean when we talk about the art of improvisation. At heart, improvisation shouldn't evoke the irresponsible word-salad of a politician at a podium, so much as the dauntless invention of a hospital staff that draws on the depth of their training to respond to an ever-changing crisis.
Hancock, a devout Buddhist, has a tendency to focus on the positive. He has always articulated the aim of International Jazz Day as an erasure of geopolitical and cultural divisions, and he sees all the more reason to embrace that message now."This virus is showing us that we are a species," he said."We are all human beings, and we all need to help each other, and we all need to work together. It's showing us, in a way, what we have in common.
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