(smooth jazz)
(upbeat jazz)
- Today, we're uniting the world
through the power of jazz.
Jazz Day is dedicated to peace, tolerance, and dialogue,
while offering hope and healing
amid these extraordinarily turbulent times.
It's such a great honor to be back at the United Nations
where we held our very first Global All-Star Concert in 2012.
We've assembled a cast of massive musicians
from all corners of the globe
who are united in the purpose of demonstrating
that jazz crosses all borders,
links all generations and illuminates cooperation
and compassion for all.
We've got a great show for you.
So now let's hear some music.
(smooth jazz)
♪ Clouds opened up ♪
♪ Rain pouring from the sky ♪
♪ Arm in the air ♪
♪ Trying to flag a ride ♪
♪ But the cabs don't go ♪
♪ To my part of town ♪
♪ They just pass me by ♪
♪ Not even slowin' down ♪
♪ So I'm gonna walk ♪
♪ Until I ride ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep ♪
♪ My head held high ♪
♪ They can try to take my freedom ♪
♪ But they can't take my pride ♪
♪ I'm gonna walk, walk, walk till I ride ♪
♪ Four in the mornin' ♪
♪ My baby child was cryin' ♪
♪ Fever he had ♪
♪ Kept on burnin' higher ♪
♪ Grabbed the phone ♪
♪ Dialed 9-1-1 ♪
♪ When I told them where I lived ♪
♪ I knew they wouldn't come ♪
♪ So I'm gonna walk ♪
♪ Until I ride ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep ♪
♪ My head held high ♪
♪ They can try to take my freedom ♪
♪ But they can't take my pride ♪
♪ I'm gonna walk, walk, walk till I ride ♪
♪ We're walkin' for the poor and unemployed ♪
♪ The hopeless and the hungry ♪
♪ And those who have no joy ♪
♪ We're walking for the refugees ♪
♪ And those who have no home ♪
♪ For every single living soul ♪
♪ Who feels so all alone ♪
♪ We gonna walk ♪
(guitar solo)
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ If you ever stumble ♪
♪ Reach out and take my hand ♪
♪ We're in this together ♪
♪ Till we reach the promise land ♪
♪ We gonna keep on walkin' ♪
♪ Til our shoes wear out ♪
♪ Until we reach salvation ♪
♪ And you can hear us shout ♪
♪ We gonna walk ♪
♪ Until we ride ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep ♪
♪ My head held high ♪
♪ They can try to take our freedom ♪
♪ But they can't take our pride ♪
♪ I'm gonna walk, walk, walk till I ride ♪
♪ I'm gonna walk, walk, walk ♪
♪ I ♪
(upbeat jazz)
- All right, y'all.
Put your hands together with us.
Hey!
♪ I'm gonna walk till I ride ♪
♪ Keep my head, head held high ♪
♪ Take my freedom ♪
♪ Can't take my pride ♪
♪ I'm gonna walk, walk, walk till I ride ♪
♪ I'm gonna walk till I ride ♪
♪ Keep my head ♪
♪ Head held high ♪
♪ Take my freedom ♪
♪ Can't take my pride ♪
♪ I'm gonna walk, walk, walk till I ride ♪
♪ I'm gonna walk, walk, walk ♪
♪ Until I ride ♪
♪ Oh yeah ♪
- Oh yeah.
- International Jazz Day is a great thing.
It's a day to celebrate jazz all over the planet.
That's all I need to know.
- Really just to be part of the community to convene again,
makes you think about,
outside of yourself
and to express love and togetherness
and it just feels good to get back at it.
- And that's what it's all about, bringing people together.
You know, just everything that we've been going through
the past couple years, now it's time to come together.
- Jazz, in particular,
just has a way of crossing borders.
We don't have the same culture, we don't have the same language,
but we have the same emotions and I feel what you're doing.
- We may have a whole lot of differences
but this music is the one thing that really
binds us all together.
(guitar strum)
(upbeat jazz)
♪ When I wake up in the morning, love ♪
♪ And the sunlight hurts my eyes
♪ Something without warning, love ♪
♪ Bears heavy on my mind ♪
♪ Whoa, then I look at you ♪
♪ And the world's all right with me ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Whoa, just one look at you, baby ♪
♪ And I know it's gonna be ♪
♪ It's gonna be a ♪
♪ A lovely day ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ It's gonna be a ♪
♪ Lovely day ♪
♪ Gonna be a lovely ♪
♪ Day, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ When the day that lies ahead of me ♪
♪ Seems impossible to face ♪
♪ And when someone else instead of me ♪
♪ Always seems to know the way ♪
♪ Whoa, then I look at you ♪
♪ And the world's all right with me, yeah ♪
♪ Whoa, just one look at you, hey now ♪
♪ And I know it's gonna be ♪
♪ It's gonna be a ♪
♪ A lovely day ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Lovely day ♪
♪ It's gonna be a ♪
♪ A lovely day ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
(harmonica solo)
♪ When the day that lies ahead of me ♪
♪ Seems impossible to face ♪
♪ And when someone else instead of me ♪
♪ Always seems to know the way ♪
♪ Whoa, then I look at you and ♪
♪ And the world's all right with me ♪
♪ Whoa, just one look at you, oh ♪
♪ And I know it's gonna be, yeah ♪
♪ Lovely day ♪
♪ A lovely day ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Let's break it down, y'all.
♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪
♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- Everywhere I go in the world
everybody understands the language of jazz,
and this kind of creative improvisational spirit
that we have here in America, so...
I think it's really important, in general, to represent that.
But especially right now when people
are really reaching out for like some guidance,
some leadership, some focus,
trying to reconnect their communities
and just connect to themselves.
You know, it's like how do I get back to that spark of life?
You know, how do I move forward in the future?
And jazz has always been about looking forward.
(harp instrumental)
(upbeat jazz)
- It's a great joy
to be celebrating International Jazz Day.
Today, the whole world comes together
to honor this music that we love,
this music which moves us in so many ways.
Today, we share our delight in the notes and rhythms
of Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Manu Dibango
and so many others.
And we're also celebrating much more than a musical art.
We are celebrating its universal and humanistic values.
The values that are the very heart of jazz.
Happy International Jazz Day and long live jazz.
Thank you. Merci beaucoup.
(gentle jazz)
(sings in foreign language)
- With the messaging of jazz,
the messaging that comes from Louis Armstrong,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Abby Lincoln.
There's so many messages and stories about...
coming together.
It's giving that message of love, unity and harmony.
And the hopes and the dreams that's in these lyrics,
that's in these songs
is for us to be better.
(upbeat jazz)
♪ I found out ♪
♪ On my way to Harlem ♪
♪ Ellington ♪
♪ He don't live 'round here ♪
♪ He moved away one day ♪
♪ So they say, away from Harlem ♪
♪ I can hear ♪
♪ His echo ♪
♪ Still ♪
♪ Somebody say you can't ♪
♪ Keep me away ♪
♪ From where I was born ♪
♪ I was baptized by my daddy's horn ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ You can't keep my away from where I was born ♪
♪ I was raised up by the sweet sound ♪
♪ Of the jazz man's horn ♪
♪ Hey, I found out on my way through Harlem ♪
♪ Langston Hughes ♪
♪ He don't live 'round here ♪
♪ Heard he moved away one day ♪
♪ From his mighty way here in Harlem ♪
♪ Don't you know Marvin Gaye used to play right here ♪
♪ You can't keep me away ♪
♪ From where ♪
♪ I was born ♪
♪ I was baptized by my daddy's horn ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ You cant keep me away ♪
♪ From where I was born ♪
♪ I was raised up by the sweet sound ♪
♪ Of the jazz man's horn ♪
(trumpet solo)
♪ I found out on my way ♪
♪ Through Harlem ♪
♪ Ellington, he don't live 'round here ♪
♪ Heard he moved away one day ♪
♪ From his mighty way in Harlem ♪
♪ I can hear his echo loud and clear ♪
♪ Hey, you can't keep me away from where ♪
♪ I was born ♪
♪ I was baptized by my daddy's horn ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ You can't keep me away ♪
♪ From where I was born ♪
♪ I was raised up by the sweet sound ♪
♪ Of the jazz man's horn ♪
♪ Hey, I found out on my way through Harlem ♪
♪ Langston Hughes ♪
♪ He don't live 'round here ♪
♪ Heard he moved away one day ♪
♪ From his mighty way here in Harlem ♪
♪ Don't you know, Marvin Gaye used to play right here ♪
♪ You can't keep me away ♪
♪ From where I was born ♪
♪ I was baptized by my daddy's horn ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ You can't keep me away ♪
♪ From where I was born ♪
♪ I was raised up by the sweet sound ♪
♪ Of the jazz man's horn ♪
(scat)
♪ I sure could use ♪
♪ Some of those blues ♪
♪ From Langston Hughes ♪
♪ And some folks say that Marvin Gaye used to play ♪
♪ What's going on ♪
♪ Right over there, I swear ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ There goes that A train ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ There goes that A train ♪
(upbeat jazz fade out)
(smooth jazz)
(woodwind instrumental)
(smooth jazz)
- It puts us in an incredible conversation with the world
and that every part of the world has
made a remarkable contribution to jazz at this point.
It keeps me feeling like a global citizen,
and I'm very proud of that, I'm very grateful.
♪ I think about the life I live ♪
♪ A figure made of clay ♪
♪ And think of all the things I lost ♪
♪ The things I gave away ♪
♪ And when I'm in a certain mood ♪
♪ I search the house and look ♪
♪ One night I found these magic words ♪
♪ In a magic book ♪
♪ Throw it away ♪
♪ Give your life ♪
♪ Give your love ♪
♪ Each and every day ♪
♪ And keep your hand wide open ♪
♪ Let the sun shine through ♪
♪ 'Cause you can never lose a thing ♪
♪ If it belongs to you ♪
(guitar strums)
♪ There's a hand that rocks the cradle ♪
♪ And a hand to help us stand ♪
♪ With a gentle kind of motion ♪
♪ As it moves across the land ♪
♪ And the hand's unclenched and open ♪
♪ Gifts of life and love it brings ♪
♪ So keep your hand wide open ♪
♪ If you're needing anything ♪
♪ Throw it away ♪
♪ Give your life ♪
♪ Give your love ♪
♪ Each and every day ♪
♪ And keep your hands wide open ♪
♪ Let the sun shine through ♪
♪ 'Cause you can never lose a thing ♪
♪ If it belongs to you ♪
(smooth jazz)
(guitar solo)
♪ There's a hand that rocks the cradle ♪
♪ And a hand to help us stand ♪
♪ With a gentle kind of motion ♪
♪ As it moves across the land ♪
♪ And the hand is unclenched and open ♪
♪ Gifts of life and love it brings ♪
♪ So keep your hands wide open ♪
♪ If you needing anything ♪
♪ Throw it away ♪
♪ Give your love ♪
♪ Live your life ♪
♪ Each and every day ♪
♪ And keep your hands wide open ♪
♪ Let the sun shine through ♪
♪ 'Cause you can never lose a thing ♪
♪ If it belongs to you ♪
♪ You can never, ever lose a thing ♪
♪ If it belongs to you ♪
♪ You can never, ever lose a thing ♪
♪ If it belongs to you ♪
♪ You can never ♪
♪ Ever ♪
♪ Lose ♪
♪ A thing ♪
♪ If ♪
♪ It belongs ♪
♪ To ♪
♪ You ♪
(smooth jazz)
- What I love the most about jazz music is improvisation.
It requires so much focus and discipline and love and respect.
There is like a moment always like,
you just play something, you just look at each other like,
"Yes," you know?
And I love that moment.
It's really priceless.
(upbeat jazz)
(trumpet solo)
(saxophone solo)
(upbeat jazz)
(piano solo)
(upbeat jazz)
(gentle jazz)
♪ Well I heard there was a secret chord ♪
♪ That David played, and it pleased the Lord ♪
♪ But you don't really care for music, do you ♪
♪ Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth ♪
♪ The minor falls and the major lift ♪
♪ The baffled king composing Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ Your faith was strong but you needed proof ♪
♪ You saw her bathing on the roof ♪
♪ Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you ♪
♪ And she tied you to her kitchen chair ♪
♪ She broke your throne and she cut your hair ♪
♪ And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
(gentle jazz)
♪ Baby, I've been here before ♪
♪ I've seen this room and I've walked this floor ♪
♪ I used to live alone before I knew you ♪
♪ And I've seen your flag on the marble arch ♪
♪ And love is not a victory march ♪
♪ It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
(gentle jazz)
♪ There was a time ♪
♪ When you let me know ♪
♪ What's really going on below ♪
♪ But now you never show that to me, do you ♪
♪ But remember when I moved in you ♪
♪ And the holy dove was moving too ♪
♪ And every breath we drew was Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
(gentle jazz)
♪ Maybe ♪
♪ There is a God above ♪
♪ All I've ever learned from love ♪
♪ Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you ♪
♪ And it's not a cry that you hear at night ♪
♪ It's not somebody whose seen the light ♪
♪ It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
- I was born in Malaysia.
I grew up in Western Australia, in Perth,
one of the most isolated cities in the world.
Yet it was a music that really spoke to me.
There's a deep empathy that comes with improvisation
that also echoes throughout everyday life.
(smooth jazz)
(piano solo)
(smooth jazz)
- Over the past 10 years,
Jazz Day has grown from a heartfelt idea
into a day of worldwide anticipation.
It's amazing,
and so gratifying that billions of people
from over 190 countries on all continents
have participated in Jazz Day
and recognize that April 30th is a universal force
for peace, dialogue, and unity.
Each year we close our global concert with "Imagine."
(gentle jazz)
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Livin' life in peace ♪
♪ You may say ♪
♪ That I'm a dreamer ♪
♪ But I'm not the only one ♪
♪ And I hope someday you'll join us ♪
♪ And the world will be as one ♪
(drum count)
(upbeat jazz)
♪ Imagine there's no heaven ♪
♪ It's easy if you try ♪
♪ No hell below us ♪
♪ Above us, only sky ♪
♪ Imagine all the people ♪
♪ Livin' for today ♪
♪ Oooh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Imagine ♪
♪ Imagine there's no countries ♪
♪ It isn't hard to do ♪
♪ Nothing to kill or to die for ♪
♪ And no religion too ♪
♪ Imagine all the people ♪
♪ Livin' life in peace ♪
♪ Oh ♪
(sings in foreign language)
♪ I hope someday you will join us ♪
(sings in foreign language)
(upbeat jazz)
(sings in foreign language)
♪ You may say that I'm a dreamer ♪
♪ Oh, but I'm not the only one ♪
♪ I hope someday you'll join us ♪
♪ And the world will be as one ♪
(sings in foreign language)
♪ Oh the world will be as one ♪
(sings in foreign language)
♪ Yeah ♪