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(Photo: Youtube)The seventh annual International Jazz Day is set to host the All-Star Global Concert at the Melbourne Arts Centre’s Hamer Hall in Australia on April 30. Click below to see an archived video of the 100-minute concert.
Scheduled to take the stage in Melbourne are Dee Dee Bridgewater (U.S.), James Morrison (Australia), Till Brönner (Germany), Igor Butman (Russia), Eli Degibri (Israel), Kurt Elling (U.S.), Antonio Sánchez (Mexico), Lizz Wright (U.S.) and many others.
Last year’s coverage of the event, which took place in St. Petersburg, is here. DB
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