The event is supported by the Ministry of Tourism and the Creative Economy wills also Choreography by composer Dwiki Dharmawan.
This time the Asean Jazz festival is a creative work that combines Indonesian music with foreign. There are 10 foreign jazz musicians will enliven Asean Jazz Festival, some of them, namely: Erik Hargrove (USA), Nathasa Pattamapongs and Arnat Lamwongsrikul (Thailand), Jerry De Leon and Sandra Viraj (Filipinos), Steve Thornton (Malaysia), Jeremy Tordjman (Francis), Kamal Musallam (United Arab Emirates (UAE), Carlos Kamil (Bogota Colombia), Radza RASC (Syria), Nasser Salameh (Jordan), I. Varella (Mexico), Jeremy Trodjman (Switzerland), and Ian Iron (UK ).
Indonesia top artists also warm the festival are: Dwiki Dharmawan, Tri Utami, Barry Likumahua, Andien, Dira Sugandi, Nita Aartsen, Ligro, Adi Darmawan, Agam hamzah, Gusti Hendy, Eugene Bounty, Zulhamsyah, Donny Sunjoyo, Dani Shah, Johnes Radianto , Adi Prasojo, Rio Moreno Quartet, and the Stars Indrianto.
In this Asean Jazz Festival you will witness the marriage of music as a typical Malay Riau island like Kompang in Malay rentak (beat). There is also a blend of traditional angklung instruments with jazz, as well as mixing Minang music with a sense of jazz.
Will show also collaboration between the ASEAN Jazz Band musicians which hope will tighten the relationship of inter-country musicians of Southeast Asia. At the end of the Festival presents "Jam Session" as the tradition of Jazz will be retained and an opportunity for young musicians to share the stage with seasoned musicians.
Like the title in previous years, the event Asean Jazz Festival has been able to attract and increase tourists from Malaysia and Singapore to enter Batam and Riau Islands. The strategic location is expected to be a booster of cross-border traffic or cross border visitor.