(jazz music) - Oh, you look good tonight.

Whoo!

♪ They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway ♪ ♪ They say there's always magic in the air ♪ ♪ But when you're walking down the street ♪ ♪ And you ain't had enough to eat ♪ ♪ I won't quit 'til I'm a star ♪ ♪ I won't quit 'til I'm a star ♪ (crowd cheering) - Good evening.

Welcome to International Jazz Day.

♪ The thrill is gone ♪ ♪ The thrill is gone away ♪ ♪ The thrill is gone ♪ ♪ The thrill is gone away ♪ ♪ You know you done me wrong ♪ ♪ You'll be sorry someday ♪ ♪ The thrill is gone ♪ ♪ Gone away for good ♪ ♪ Oh, the thrill is gone, gone, gone ♪ ♪ Gone away for good ♪ ♪ Someday, I know I'll be open hearted ♪ ♪ Just like a grown up woman should ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Uh huh ♪ ♪ Uhh ♪ ♪ Since his stretch on ♪*** Eh!

♪ Okay ♪** ♪ Oh, listen to the harmony ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ (jazz music) (guitar solo) John McLaughlin, ladies and gentlemen.

(crowd cheering) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) John McClaughlin.

(jazz music) (jazz music) Go baby, go, Leonard.

(jazz music) Leonard Brown.

(jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) ♪ You know I'm free, baby ♪ ♪ Lord I'm free from your spell ♪ ♪ I'm free, free, free, free ♪ ♪ Free from your spell ♪ ♪ And now that it's all over ♪ ♪ All I can do is wish you well ♪ ♪ The thrill is gone ♪ ♪ Gone away for good ♪ ♪ Well the thrill is gone, gone, gone, gone ♪ ♪ Gone, gone, gone ♪ ♪ Gone away for good ♪ ♪ One day I'll be open darling ♪ ♪ Like a grown up woman should ♪ ♪ You know you done me wrong ♪ ♪ You'll be sorry someday ♪ ♪ You know you done me wrong ♪ ♪ You'll be sorry someday ♪ ♪ You know you done me wrong ♪ ♪ You'll be sorry someday, yeah ♪ ♪ You know you done me wrong ♪ ♪ You'll be sorry someday ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ (crowd cheering) Thank you.

(crowd cheering) - Well, well, well, well, well, I think the thrill is back.

Yeah.

What do you think, Abu Dhabi?

Huh?

What?

That's right.

Well, good evening everyone, and welcome to this year's International Jazz Day, global concert from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

(crowd cheering) Do you know today marks the 14th time the world has come together for such a jazz day.

Millions of people of all ages are celebrating this jazz day all over the world.

The spirit of jazz is alive in classrooms, community centers, theaters, in town squares, to name a few, with concerts, education programs and outreach initiatives taking place in over 190 countries.

Jazz is, at its core, a constant act of reinvention.

It's about listening to each other.

And in that spirit, there's something we can all take to heart.

Jazz Day has become a powerful global movement, one that reaches across borders, beliefs, and generations to touch and inspire millions of lives.

And through the language of jazz, we discover common ground.

We foster understanding, we create unity, and we add the rich ever evolving story of our shared humanity (crowd cheering) (jazz music) ♪ There's a somebody I'm longing to see ♪ ♪ I hope that he, turns out to be ♪ ♪ Someone who'll watch over me ♪ ♪ I'm a little lamb that's lost in the wood ♪ ♪ I know I could, always be good ♪ ♪ To one who'll watch over me ♪ ♪ Although he may not be ♪ ♪ The man some folks think of ♪ ♪ As handsome ♪ ♪ To my heart he carries the key ♪ ♪ Won't you tell him please to put on some speed ♪ ♪ Follow my lead ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ How I need ♪ ♪ Someone to watch over me ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ (jazz music) (jazz music) Yes.

(jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) Ay!

(jazz music) ♪ Although he may not ♪ ♪ Be the kind ♪ ♪ Some folks think of ♪ ♪ As handsome ♪ ♪ To my heart ♪ ♪ He carries ♪ ♪ The key ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Won't you tell him, please ♪ ♪ To put on some speed ♪ ♪ Follow my lead ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ How I need ♪ ♪ I need ♪ ♪ I need someone ♪ ♪ To watch over ♪ ♪ You better ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Over me ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ (crowd cheering) - You can play with somebody you've never met before and make great music.

You may not speak the same language, but when you start to play, everything comes out.

So I think that's important.

That's what's gonna move the world forward.

(jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (crowd cheering) - The most important part of the jazz is the session of improvisation.

It's this thing that you create in the moment and you cannot repeat that.

You know, you cannot play the same solo twice.

Jazz is synonymous of freedom.

- I think one of the most incredible things is that jazz as an art form and Cuban music and Latin jazz, I mean, they all come from the same tree.

I think this is such an incredible opportunity to see all of those things on the same stage.

And oftentimes you don't get to see that.

You get to see them compartmentalized in these little boxes, but it really is the same.

It's the same group.

(jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) - [Band Member] Hip pa!

(jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) ♪ Oye mi negra que yo te canto esta rumba mia ♪ ♪ Oye mi negra que yo te canto esta rumba mia ♪ ♪ Esta es la rumba, o tin tin deo ♪ ♪ Esta es la rumba, o tin tin deo ♪ (jazz music) (crowd cheering) - Basically what we do is unspeakable.

Music is unspeakable, this is why we play, 'cause it speaks the unspeakable.

In improvisation you really let go but you have to abandon yourself to the spirit.

And so when the spirit sings, is when I sing.

(jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (crowd cheering) - Was that incredible or what?

You know, as musicians, music is our life.

We live and breathe music.

Individual expression is cool.

But the really cool thing about International Jazz Day is that it's about much more than just music.

At its heart, this celebration is about something we feel very deeply about, and that's education.

That's really important.

So sit and watch as we show you a meaningfully deep aspect of International Jazz Day.

♪ Jingo ♪ ♪ Jingo ba ♪ - Kids have such a imaginative way of thinking.

- Let's try that again.

And I think if we really engage that at this age, it's such a powerful thing.

And we do it through music.

♪ Jingo ♪ ♪ Jingo ba ♪ Somebody else may be from a different culture, a different place in the world.

But all that falls apart when you're just in the moment human to human connecting.

The act of listening is, it's an active thing.

I think music has power to bring out the element of light and of joy and of connection and of spirit that is vibrant in everybody.

- We're gonna do a little presentation on the history of jazz.

(jazz music) - Good afternoon, we're welcoming you into our living room.

It's wonderful to come to International Jazz Day and see everybody on the same page.

'Cause sometimes you have to see somebody doing something to make you feel like it's okay to do it.

I think that's something that hopefully will make young girls decide, "Oh yeah, I can do that."

I didn't see any other women play drums ever until I got to college.

But I was so young when I started, I never really thought about it.

There's a level of entertainment, but it's not what we think of the most, entertaining people.

We think about inspiring people.

- The piano player could jab the piano anytime he wants to make it sound more like jazz.

We call that comping.

And that's how jazz works.

(crowd cheering) (jazz music) ♪ Don't you lose no sleepin' ♪ ♪ Over things you can't control ♪ ♪ Ain't no use believin' ♪ ♪ All the mess that you've been told ♪ ♪ Ain't no high without a low ♪ ♪ Keep on keepin' on ♪ ♪ Face full of dirt, heartbreaks hurt ♪ ♪ But the pain's gonna make you strong ♪ ♪ Let it all in, let it flow ♪ ♪ Hard times come and they go ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ When you get rocked just roll ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Breathe it in and let it out slow ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Hey, trust me, I know ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Hard times come and they go ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ ♪ Get out of your way ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ (jazz music) (jazz music) ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ When you gotta rock just roll ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Breathe it in and let it out slow ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Trust me I know ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Hard times come and they go ♪ ♪ Easy ♪ ♪ When you gotta rock just roll ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Breathe it in and let it out slow ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Get out of your way ♪ ♪ Go on, get out of your way ♪ ♪ Take it easy ♪ ♪ Hard times come and they go ♪ (jazz music) (crowd cheering) - George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," yeah, is a work that has become synonymous with American creativity.

Gershwin called it a musical kaleidoscope of America.

It was bold, elegant, and unapologetically modern.

A collision between classical music and jazz, blurring the lines between traditional form and the popular spirit of the time.

Jazz is at its core, a constant act of reinvention.

It's about listening to each other.

The music literally reimagines itself with every note and every phrase and every breath.

Like the great architect Frank Gehry, who by the way is with us tonight.

(crowd cheering) What he said about architecture was "Architecture's like jazz, you improvise.

You work together, you play off each other.

You make something, they make something."

Well, thank you Frank, for what you've made.

And now we'll hear a musical rhapsody in conversation.

So from China to Canada and France, Madame and monsieur, please welcome A Bu and Helene Mercier.

(crowd cheering) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (crowd cheering) - Jazz is about improvisation, but it's also about the rhythm.

It's also about the group.

Jazz has always been about like, what's the next beat?

What's the next rhythm?

What is that pathway from Africa throughout the Americas?

It never stops evolving.

So, you know, I think we're gonna bring a little bit of that funk.

♪ I've been holding out so long ♪ ♪ I've been sleeping all alone ♪ ♪ Lord, I miss you ♪ ♪ Well ♪ ♪ I've been hanging on the phone ♪ ♪ I've been sleeping all alone ♪ ♪ I want to kiss you sometimes ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Well, baby, baby, baby I said it now ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Lord ♪ ♪ Well I've been haunted in my sleep ♪ ♪ You've been starring in my dreams ♪ ♪ Lord I miss you ♪ ♪ Child ♪ ♪ I've been waiting in the hall ♪ ♪ I've been waiting for your call ♪ ♪ But when the phone rings ♪ ♪ It's just a friend of mine talking about yo ♪ ♪ Hey, what's the matter, man ♪ ♪ We gonna come around 12, you know ♪ ♪ With some Puerto Rican girls ♪ ♪ That's just dying to meet you ♪ ♪ And we gonna bring a case of wine, you know ♪ ♪ Mess and fool around, you know, like we used to ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Lord baby ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Well, well, well, well ♪ ♪ Whoo ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Everybody waits so long ♪ ♪ Yes, they do now ♪ ♪ Lemme say it ♪ ♪ Whoa, baby, baby ♪ ♪ Tell me why you waited so long ♪ ♪ Won't you come home, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪ (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) ♪ Whoo ♪ (jazz music) ♪ Yeah ♪ (jazz music) ♪ I've been walking Central Park ♪ ♪ Singing in the dark ♪ ♪ People think I'm crazy ♪ ♪ Stumbling on my feet, shuffling through the street ♪ ♪ Asking people, saying ♪ ♪ What's the matter with you, boy ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Lord I miss you ♪ ♪ Yeah, baby, baby ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Well lord ♪ ♪ Girl I miss you ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ All right ♪ (crowd cheering) - What a night.

Are you having fun?

Great!

Ladies and gentlemen, friends, fellow musicians, and all of you joining us here tonight in beautiful Abu Dhabi with its vibrant cultural heritage and bold vision for the future.

As we gather together across borders and cultures, we're reminded that music is a universal language that speaks to our shared humanity.

And jazz... You know what jazz is?

It's the perfect translator.

As my best friend and jazz visionary, Wayne Shorter once said, "For me the word jazz means... I dare you."

(crowd cheering) So tonight, let's continue to affirm our commitment to music and jazz's enduring legacy by honoring its pioneers and nurturing the next generation of musicians who will carry its message forward.

And now I've got this little tune called "Chameleon."

Just a minute.

(crowd cheering) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (jazz music) (crowd cheering) - That is really too good.

But now I'm afraid our global concert comes to a close.

Each year we end with a song that has become an anthem.

Not just to peace, but a possibility.

A song that echoes far beyond the notes and lyrics.

A song that lives in the hearts of dreamers everywhere and a vision of what the world could be if only we chose to imagine it together.

It was John Lennon who gave us this vision.

(crowd cheering) "Imagine" is beloved by billions.

Not just a song, but as a beacon of hope.

So thank you all for being with us and part of this unforgettable evening.

Let this final song not be an ending, but rather a beginning.

♪ Imagine ♪ ♪ There's no countries ♪ ♪ It isn't hard to do ♪ ♪ Nothing to kill or die for ♪ ♪ And no religion too ♪ ♪ Imagine all the people ♪ ♪ Living life in peace ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ You may say I'm a dreamer ♪ ♪ But I'm not the only one ♪ ♪ I hope someday you'll join us ♪ ♪ And the world will be as one ♪ (jazz music) ♪ Imagine quil ny ait pas de paradis ♪ ♪ Cest facile, si tu essaies ♪ ♪ Pas denfer en-dessous de nous ♪ ♪ Au dessus de nous seulement le ciel ♪ ♪ Imaginez tous ces gens ♪ ♪ Vivant pour le sans présent ♪ ♪ Imagine there's no countries ♪ ♪ It isn't hard to do ♪ ♪ Nothing to kill or die for ♪ ♪ And no religions too ♪ ♪ Imagine all the people ♪ ♪ Living life in peace ♪ (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (singing in foreign language) (jazz music) (jazz music) ♪ Imagine there's no heaven ♪ (scatting) ♪ It's easy if you try ♪ ♪ No hell below us ♪ (scatting) ♪ Above us only sky ♪ (scatting) ♪ Imagine all the people ♪ ♪ Living life in peace ♪ (scatting) (jazz music) (jazz music)