International jazz musician Fabiola Mendez and her cuatro
by editors@theworld.org (Adeline Sire) from The World: Latest Stories on (#75ASK)
Today is International Jazz Day, declared by the United Nations in 2011 "to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe." On this annual celebration of the smooth form of music, Puerto Rican folk musician Fabiola Mendez came into The World's studio to talk with Host Carolyn Beeler about her music and the traditional stringed instrument she plays, the cuatro.