Java Jazz Festival

Music industries in Indonesia walk on the right steps, grow so constantly. A lot of solos or band invited to Indonesia and all of them love to come in. One of the Festival is Jazz, maybe if compare with other genres, Jazz had just a few listener, but they always exist in music stage. They have their own fan and Jakarta knew that condition. So a festival was held to satisfying a Jazz fans. Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (JJF) is one of the largest jazz festivals in the world Jakarta, Indonesia. An annual jazz festival held every early March it was designed to be one of the largest jazz festivals globally. It was held for the first time, in 2005, approximately 125 groups and 1,405 artists performed in 146 shows. The festival was attended by 57,800 visitors, during its three-day stretch.Up until the fourth Festival in 2008, there were 180 Indonesian and international groups, and 1,600 artists that performed in 300 shows on the festivals 18 stages. The festival in 2008 was attended by 69,000.
JJF’s motto, “Bringing the World to Indonesia”, is implemented through the act of inviting numerous international artists to the festival. This is not only intended to treat the public with a feast of international talents, but also as an opportunity for international artists to see the talent of Indonesia’s jazz musicians, as well as jazz improvisations paired with Indonesian traditional music and also arouse collaborations on JJF's stages.
During the four years of the festival, collaborations create a new musical harmony. People of diverse background (nation and culture) meet in harmony through jazz.
Peter F. Gontha, the director claims that musicians are the appropriate ambassadors to vocalize peace.
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