Estonian holidays, festivals, cultural events
Jazzkaar has been celebrating jazz in Tallinn since 1990 and was happy to follow America's Smithsonian Institution 2001's
inauguration of April being should be "Jazz Appreciation Month."
The programme for Jazkaar 2008 includes, from America, Dave Douglas Quintet, Roy Ayers and Al Di Meola; from Canada,
Gino Vanelli; from Benin, Angelique Kidjo; from Brazil, Leny Andrade (Brazil); and from Israel, Avishai Cohen. Also
performing are Norway's Dinosau and Iceland's Jaguar.
Jazzkaar (Jazz Arc over Estonia) acquired its present form in 1990, following the tradition, initiated by Uno Naissoo
and Valter Ojakäär, which survived the Soviet era with difficulty. After Estonia regained its independence, new
possibilities opened to invite world-famous jazz artists to perform alongside Estonian musicians and place Tallinn
Festival on the world's jazz map
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