Local Focus: Jazz for peace
3 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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International Jazz day shows cooperation through music. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Video Journalist Whanganui, Manawatū and Taranaki, NZH Local Focusgeorgie@localfocus.nz
Friday marked the 10th anniversary of International Jazz Day and it was the second time the milestone has been celebrated in Whanganui.
The international event was started by jazz legend Herbie Hancock, a goodwill ambassador for United Nations arm Unesco, who says the mutual co-operation needed to play jazz is a skill the world could use in everyday life.
Unesco is the acronym for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Its aim is to build peace through international co-operation across many disciplines.