Java Jazz Festival 2012 has been
passed, yet many of us should still experience the jazz-lag after
receiving the blows from stage to stage. Aside from enjoying jazz being
served by around 2000 musicians from all over the world, it’s also
interesting to see what’s happening outside during the festival.
It’s clear that Java Jazz Festival has
become an important part of the lifestyle. Speaking of fashion, many
people tried to dress up jazzy for this occasion as we found vests,
blazers and of course the Sinatra’s fedora hats everywhere, other than
the casual dress like t-shirts and jeans. Looking at the number of
attendance, we can have a solid proof that jazz is actually not that
difficult to digest. All ages from small babies to seniors packed in to
catch their favorite artists, or even just to absorb the sense of jazz.
For us, all these showgoers brought a different kind of excitment to see
in a festival as big as this. It’s normal to see puzzled face when they
were trying to find the stage or people running in full speed because
they didn’t want to miss the selected show. There were many funny
things, cool moments or unique situations all around the venue that we
didn’t want to miss, not to mention the lovely blue sunset sky which
appeared above the venue for the whole three days.
Salute to our photographers,
they still managed to snap some shots in between their duty to take
stage photos and squeezing through crowds. So now we want to share their
off stage during the foremost music bash on earth. (Please click each
thumbnail at the end of this article to see the photos).
There were many sweet couples seemed
to drown their romance into Java Jazz by hugging each other while
enjoying the show. Java Jazz Festival has also become the meeting point
for artists around the world, including those who came from the same
country said hi to one another. Fans took the chance to take pictures
with the artists if they were lucky enough, while others had such a good
time with their family and friends inside.
What Java Jazz Festival brings
to us is not just a simple jazz event. Yes it’s gigantic, with thousands
of artists and hundreds of show for total 3 days, but more than just
that, we could also see the kind of jazz lifestyle under one roof living
peacefully and harmoniously. We just remember a song from Level 42
titled “Love in a Peaceful World”, and we experience the essence in this
festival. How lovely to have it through jazz. Not only jazz can
entertain us to the max, but it can also carry the message of peace.
Thank you Java Jazz! We’ll see you again next year.
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