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International Jazz Day Worldwide sponsored by UNESCO is Sunday April 30th in Havana, if you can't make it to Cuba you can livestream it here,

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/jazz-day

"Havana, Cuba, will serve as the International Jazz Day 2017 Global Host City. Many acclaimed musicians and educators from Cuba and around the world will participate in free jazz performances, master classes, improvisational workshops, jam sessions and community outreach initiatives. Programs will take place at schools, arts venues, community centers, jazz clubs and parks across the city of Havana and throughout Cuba beginning on Monday, April 24th and leading up to the festivities on April 30th. Additionally, jazz history and education programs will be provided for tens of thousands of students in over 11,000 schools across Cuba. These programs will be among the thousands of International Jazz Day live performances, educational activities, and community service programs taking place in more than 190 countries on all continents."

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Here is a follow-up article to this....

The Days that Havana was Jazz

"All this and probably much more could have happened to you during the last week of April in a Havana overflowing with jazz and jazz musicians."

Nope, I was in eastern Cuba when all of this was happening! {:+(

also in the news....

Cuban Jazz in New Orleans



"They trailed in with tumbleweed following them, as if tumbleweed was their pet."
-KR
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