Let’s talk about jazz

 

Cover of "A World of music", March 1991

Manu Dibango, Dizzy Gillespie, Bernard Maury, Chico O’Farrill, David Sánchez and Steve Turre, among others, talk about jazz in The UNESCO Courier.

To mark the celebration of the first International Jazz Day, 30 April, we invite you to read also our selection of special issues dealing with music:

• Youth’s sonic forces, 2000
• A World of music, 1991
• Music on the move, 1986
• Exploring the new soundscape, 1976
• Music of the centuries, 1973
• The Sculpture of vibrations, 1969

See also our page "Music in The Courier"

Articles on jazz

• Dizzy Gillespie, a jazz giant, 1998
• Isabelle Leymarie talks to Steve Turre, 1997
• Isabelle Leymarie talks to David Sanchez, 1997
• Isabelle Leymarie talks to Bernard Maury, 1996
• Chico O’Farrill, one of the great figures of Latin jazz, 1996
• The Birth of the blues, 1995
• The Heartbeat of jazz, 1995
• A World steeped in music, 1993
• Latin jazz, 1991
• Interview with Manu Dibango, 1991
• Originality and tradition in American culture, 1970

Read more about the International Jazz Day