The Alamos Jazz Festival, founded seven years ago by Max Rumbaugh, former president of the Scottsdale Sister Cities organization, and William “Doc” Jones, Executive Director of the International Jazz Day AZ Foundation, has blossomed into a cultural bridge between Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. This festival, initially a groundbreaking student exchange program, has evolved into a…
Who We Are: International Jazz Day AZ Foundation (Crossing Borders) is an Arizona base Nonprofit Foundation dedicated to Uniting the State of Arizona around UNESCO /Herbie Hancock International Jazz Day Celebration. We are dedicated to the education of students of all ages and cultures. Through performance and interaction, we introduce our audience to musical genres…
Cobre Del Mayo sponsored the 2nd Alamos *Alamos’ 2nd Annual International Jazz Fest’s Success Attributed to the Support From Cobre De Mayo* *BY Doc Jones* UNESCOs International Jazz Day Jazz Fest has been around now for seven years and in the past three years in Sonora Mexico. The annual festivals will continue. The Alamos International…
In the last few months of Consul General Karen Ogle time in Hermosilli Sonora Mexico (she has been reassigned), I’m honored she chose to celebrated the 1st UNESCO/ Alamos International Jazz Day Festival with us, and she was amongst notable dignitaries like El Presidente Omar Salsa of Alamos, Scottsdale AZ Mayor Jim Lane, Max Rumbaugh…
Congratulation Senior Carlos! International Jazz Day Foundation is honored to announce it’s newly appointed Executive Director of its Alamos/Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Division. Senior Carlos Palomares will spearhead the foundation’s 2017 production of the UNSECO 6th Annual International Jazz Day AZ Festival (1st in Alamos/ Hermosillo) efforts in this important part of Mexico. Work has already…
ESTUDIANTINAS of ALAMOS The Estudiantinas are a benchmark of the January music festival called FAOT (Festival de Alfonso Ortiz Tirado). FAOT is put on by the Sonoran Cultural Institute. Year after year it celebrates Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, in this southern city of the state of Sonora. With 23 years of experience and fifteen…
For the last 45 years, enthusiasts from all over the world have flocked to the Barrett-Jackson collector car auctions. Widely regarded as a barometer of the collector car industry, the auctions have evolved over the years into world-class automotive lifestyle events where thousands of the world’s most sought-after, unique and valuable automobiles cross the block…
December 16, 2015 Dear Sir or Madam: On April 30, 2016, the world will celebrate International Jazz Day in recognition of jazz as a force for peace, intercultural dialogue and cooperation. In 2013, 2014, and 2015, organizers from over 190 countries produced a record number of events. This makes Jazz Day one of the fastest…
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