Doc Jones was in New Orleans for the first International Jazz Day, April 30, in 2012. “They had 7,000 people out there at about 8 o’clock in the morning,” he says. “A phenomenal sight." A year later, Jones — a music educator, who plays saxophone and keyboards — organized the Valley's first International Jazz Day, held at Cityscape. It's Jones' hope that a day set aside to recognize the genre could help elevate its profile and attract new audiences in an era where its mainstream popularity has been eclipsed by hip-hop, R&B and rock. "Jazz was an art form created here in America that's been exported all around the world," he says. "And now 1% to 2% of music sales are jazz."