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Beyond International Jazz Day. Phoenix musicians weight in on igniting the jazz gene Ed Masley, Arizona Republic Doc Jones was in New Orleans for the first International Jazz Day, April 30, in 2012. “They had 7,000 people out there at about 8 o’clock in the morning,” he says. “A phenomenal sight." A year later, Jones — a music educator, who plays saxophone and keyboards — organized the Valleys first International Jazz Day, held at Cityscape. Its Jones hope that a ...

Doc Jones was in New Orleans for the first International Jazz Day, April 30, in 2012. “They had 7,000 people out there at about 8 o’clock in the morning,” he says. “A phenomenal sight." A year later, Jones — a music educator, who plays saxophone and keyboards — organized the Valleys first International Jazz Day, held at Cityscape. Its Jones hope that a day set aside to recognize the genre could help elevate its profile and attract new audiences in an era where its mainstream pop...