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| Herbie Hancock |
Each year, the All-Star Global Concert brings
together acclaimed jazz artists from around the world for a performance
spanning styles, cultures, and languages. In the spirit of International
Jazz Day, the Global All Star Concert takes place in a venue imbued
with rich historical significance, representing jazz’s ability to
connect disparate traditions and cultural identities. Few locations
better embody this concept than the Paris UNESCO Headquarters. Completed
in 1958, the building’s distinctive three-pointed star design was the
work of 3 architects of different nationalities under the direction of
an international committee. The building itself is considered
international territory and belongs to the 195 UNESCO member states,
making it a perfect symbol of the organization’s role as a shared
commitment to the future of peaceful co-existence. Room 1, where the
Global Concert webcast will take place, serves as the primary meeting
space for the UNESCO General Conference. It is indeed appropriate that
on April 30, the very chambers in which UNESCO strives to secure the
foundations of peace will bear witness to a new kind of diplomatic
enterprise: jazz.
The 2015 All-Star Global Concert will feature a cast
of internationally renowned jazz artists including pianists John
Beasley (Music Director), A Bu, Antonio Faraò and Herbie Hancock;
trumpeters Till Brönner, Ibrahim Maalouf, Hugh Masekela and Claudio
Roditi; vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Al Jarreau, Rudy Pérez and Dianne
Reeves; saxophonists Igor Butman, Ravi Coltrane, Femi Kuti, Guillaume
Perret and Wayne Shorter; bassists James Genus and Marcus Miller;
guitarist Lee Ritenour; drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and harmonica
player Grégoire Maret.
