John Beasley

Dee Dee Bridgewater performs on the 2024 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert, from Tangier, Morocco. Bridgewater will return for this year's concert.

Arts Desk

Watch the International Jazz Day Global Concert, from Abu Dhabi

Gardner Spitzer

The centerpiece event of International Jazz Day takes place in Abu Dhabi, with a global musical cast. Catch them in the All-Star Global Concert at 4 p.m. EDT on April 30, here at wrti.org.

Arts Desk

Jazz Album of the Week: Saxophonist Bob Sheppard Shows The Fine Line Between Levittown and LA

Matt Silver

Monday, July 22, 2019. Hollywood, California and Levittown, Pennsylvania don't have much in common, though both can stake a claim to saxophonist Bob…

John Beasley has now served as music director for both editions of International Jazz Day.

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Meet The Man Who Assembles The World's Biggest Jazz Concert

Howard Mandel

Pianist and composer John Beasley isn't exactly a household name. But he's now been tapped twice to direct many of them during the star-studded International Jazz Day concert. So is it difficult to play "jazz police" in an ancient church in Istanbul?