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Watch a powerful performance of Jay Hawkins and Herb Slotkin's "I Put A Spell On You."
"I Put A Spell On You"
Premiered April 2021
Take a look back at 10 years of historic International Jazz Day concerts.
Take a look back at 10 years of historic International Jazz Day concerts featuring dozens of music icons. Watch unforgettable performances by Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Hugh Masekela, and many more.
Take a look back at 10 years of historic International Jazz Day concerts featuring dozens of music icons. Watch unforgettable performances by Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Hugh Masekela, and many more.
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Watch a powerful performance of Jay Hawkins and Herb Slotkin's "I Put A Spell On You."
"I Put A Spell On You"
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Photos from International Jazz Day
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Herbie Hancock with (from left) Femi Kuti, Annie Lennox, James Genus, Al Jarreau and Dee Dee Bridgewater at Jazz Day 2015 in Paris.
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The finale performance from Jazz Day 2019 in Melbourne, featuring (from left) Kurt Elling, James Morrison, Ledisi, Somi and Lizz Wright.
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Hugh Masekela performs "Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)" with Marcus Miller and other artists at the 2015 Jazz Day concert in Paris.
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Renowned jazz vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Dianne Reeves perform at the 2015 Jazz Day concert in Paris.
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Stevie Wonder and Esperanza Spalding perform "Midnight Sun," accompanied by guitarist Romero Lubambo, at the 2012 Jazz Day concert in 2012.
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Lizz Wright performs "Singing In My Soul" at the 2019 Jazz Day concert in Melbourne, Australia.
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Danilo Pérez, Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride and Vinnie Colaiuta perform "St. James Infirmary Blues" at the United Nations in 2012.
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Chaka Khan (center) performs with (from left) George Duke, Christian McBride, Joe Lovano and Vinnie Colaiuta at the United Nations in 2012.
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Vocalist Ledisi performs "Try a Little Tenderness" alongside the all-star band at the 2019 Jazz Day concert in Melbourne, Australia.
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Quincy Jones and Will Smith serve as co-presenters of the 2017 Jazz Day concert in Havana, Cuba.
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About the Show
A look back at 10 years of historic International Jazz Day concerts featuring dozens of musical legends. International Jazz Day is the one day each year on which jazz is celebrated worldwide, bringing together people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities in more than 190 countries on all seven continents.
Presented by WTTW Chicago
Executive Producers
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
Tom Carter
This uplifting retrospective highlights collaborations between artists representing over 30 nations as part of the All-Star Global Concert, the official culminating event of each year’s International Jazz Day.
Highlights include Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride and Danilo Pérez swinging through an unforgettable rendition of "St. James Infirmary Blues" at the United Nations in New York; a searing take on "I Put A Spell On You" by Herbie Hancock and Scottish pop icon Annie Lennox at the 2015 concert in Paris; and a remarkable duet performance of "Midnight Sun" led by Stevie Wonder and Esperanza Spalding.
The show also remembers fondly some of the late friends of International Jazz Day, including jazz legend Al Jarreau, who interprets Paul Desmond’s "Take 5" during a scene from International Jazz Day 2016 at the White House. Hugh Masekela invokes the struggle for freedom in his native South Africa with a star-studded reading of "Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)," accompanied by jazz luminaries including Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington and Lee Ritenour. In one of the evening’s most touching moments, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin enraptures the audience with her personal version of "A Song For You."
Funders
- Toyota
- United Airlines
- Sandra Evers-Manly
- Lynda Thomas
- William C. Powers
- Dalio Foundation
- Carnival Corporation
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