Alemay Fernandez leads an All-Star Quartet for Worldwide Jazz Day

In November 2011, legendary jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock and UNESCO formally named April 30 as Worldwide Jazz Day to spotlight jazz and its diplomatic function of uniting folks in all corners of the globe. Annually on April 30, this worldwide artwork kind is recognised for selling peace, dialogue amongst cultures, range and respect for human rights and human dignity and selling freedom of expression. NCPA has been internet hosting Worldwide Jazz Day for over a decade and this yr, they’re presenting the proficient jazz vocalist Alemay Fernandez from Singapore.

Alemay is a veteran performer within the Asian jazz scene. In her 25-year profession, she has carried out with quite a few illustrious musicians, together with Ray Parker Jr, Nat Adderley Jr, Janis Siegel of ‘Manhattan Switch’ and Lauren Kinhan of the ‘New York Voices’. She has the excellence of being the one Asian singer to have carried out with among the prime jazz orchestras on the earth, akin to Wynton Marsalis, Rely Basie, Duke Ellington Orchestras and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars. She has additionally been the leisure of alternative for visiting celebrities and world leaders through the years, together with Kevin Spacey, Ethan Hawke, Serena Williams and former US President Barack Obama.

Jazz lovers can anticipate a high-energy efficiency with powerhouse vocals as she will likely be supported by Sharik Hassan on piano, who has performed with Wayne Shorter and Joe Lovano; Edward Livingston, who’s performed bass for Elvin Jones and the Marsalis Household and drummer Ben Scholz, who has saved time for Roy Hargrove and Buddy Man.