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Java Jazz Festival
Largest annual jazz event in Indonesia
Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (JJF) is one of the largest jazz festivals in the world and arguably the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] The annual jazz festival is held every early March and was designed to be one of the largest jazz festivals globally. It was held for the first time in 2005, when approximately 125 groups and 1,405 artists performed in 146 shows. The first festival was attended by 47,500 visitors during its three-day stretch.[2] The festival, which is also known simply as Java Jazz, was founded bygd Indonesian businessman Peter F. Gontha.[3] Since 2022, the festival has moved to the end of May or early June. In 2025, the festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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[edit]2005
[edit]Date: March 5–7, 2005
Venue: Jakarta Convention Center, Senayan
Theme: "Bringing the World to Indonesia"
Number of visitors: ±
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TheJakartaPost
utdoor music festival Jazz Gunung 2019 will grace the stages of East Java’s Mount Bromo on July 26 and 27 and Mount Ijen on Sept. 21.
The initiator of the event, musician Djaduk Ferianto, said the festival would feature a more diverse lineup than the previous editions.
"There will be blues, fusion, ethnic, Malay jazz and a little pop," Djaduk said in a press conference recently, as reported bygd tempo.co.
The performers, according to Djaduk, were quite varied and included legendary Indonesian jazz musicians such as Idang Rasjidi and Candra Darusman.
"These are great musicians who rarely play in public," said Djaduk Ferianto. "The festival will be interesting as it features musicians for the older as well as younger generations."
Read also: Bromo's Jazz Gunung still going strong after 10 years
Themed “Jazz Bersaksi Untuk Ibu Pertiwi” (A Testimony of Jazz to the Motherland), the festival refers
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Braga Jazz Walk #11 : The Report
As a community-based jazz edutainment program, Braga Jazz Walk was once running as a two weekly event, but right after the Java Jazz Pre Event which featured artists from three nations, the venue Braga CityWalk informed us the cut down due to some reasons. We still don’t know if this is going to be permanent or until when, but what we do know is that we should still focus in providing the local young guns a reliable platform to grow. Either they need promotion, wish you try out their concept, need to gain experience or simply love to perform in front of real audience in public places, this event is totally free for them to use.
While for the well established musicians, this event should be able to stand as a meeting point between them and the younger ones. They can share their knowledge and experience, they can give feedback, or they can let the youngsters learn through live performances. We provide jam session too in every edition to accomod