This is the first book about Java Jazz Festival, released to commemorate the festival’s success in the last four years. The festival is entering a special period, its fifth year. The spirit of conviction, dynamics and evolution are the messages of jazz carried by Java Jazz Festival.  In relaying messages of peace and harmony, jazz has evolved as a musical genre that is flexible anda easily accepted by various nations of the world. This book departed on jazz’s background, continued by the evolution jazz on the following chapter. Two chapters illustrated jazz’s spirit in search for enlightenment and evolution.