Goa, April 28 -- Jazz is a very democratic musical genre. It attracts everyone with the freedom it gives musicians. Jazz has a natural affinity to Goa. On April 30, the world will celebrate International Jazz Day. UNESCO announced the day as International Jazz Day in the year 2011 and launched the first global event in 2012. Jazz Goa launched the event simultaneously with a concert in the park on April 30, 2012.

Jazz is a form of music that has a niche audience that keeps growing with time. If jazz is improvised music Indian classical musicians have been at it long before the Americans 'discovered' it.

One of Goa's premier jazz musicians, Colin D'Cruz said, "I give America credit for coining a hip name for improvised music though. Jazz ...