Tokyo Jazz Festival
The Tokyo Jazz Festival ( Japanese 東京 JAZZ, Tōkyō Jazz ) is a festival for jazz music that takes place annually on a weekend in late summer in the Japanese capital of Tokyo . The venue has been the Tokyo International Forum since 2006 , where national and international musicians perform in front of tens of thousands of visitors. The festival is organized by the public television company NHK and the business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei).
history
The Tokyo Jazz Festival first took place in 2002 and has been held annually since then. Well-known participants in 2002 were Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter . In 2003 the number of visitors rose to more than 40,000. In addition to Herbie Hancock, who performed several times, other participants included Chaka Khan , Chick Corea , Ben E. King , Ahmad Jamal , Sam Moore , Sly Stone and David Sanborn . In addition to international stars, numerous Japanese jazz musicians and groups also perform. However, the Tokyo Jazz Festival also gives international newcomers to related music styles a stage.
Web links
- Official website (English / Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sean Smith: Tokyo Jazz Festival shows off its global reach with a diverse roster. The Japan Times, September 4, 2014, accessed February 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Outline. (No longer available online.) In: Tokyo Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015 ; accessed on February 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tokyo Jazz 2002 tokyo-jazz.com, accessed on 11 February 2015 (English).
- ↑ TokyoJazz 2003. tokyo-jazz.com, accessed on February 11, 2015 (English).
- ^ Sean Smith: Tokyo Jazz Festival impresses again. The Japan Times, September 9, 2014, accessed February 11, 2015 .
- ^ Polish Artists at Tokyo Jazz Festival. culture.pl asia, September 2013, accessed on February 11, 2015 (English).
