That evening UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock will headline a concert with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marcus Miller, Hugh Masekela, Lionel Loueke, Tania Maria, Barbara Hendricks, Gerald Clayton, Terri Lyne Carrington, China Moses, Ben Williams, Antonio Hart and others.
And it won over a panel of judges whose jazz-drumming authority spans generations and styles: Ben Riley, Jimmy Cobb, Peter Erskine, Carl Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington and Brian Blade.