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'''JazzFest Berlin''' (also known as the '''Berlin Jazz Festival''') is a [[jazz]] festival based in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. Originally called the "Berliner Jazztage" (''Berlin Jazz Days''), it was founded in [[1964]] in [[West Berlin]] by the [[Berliner Festspiele]]. It is considered one of the world's premier jazz festivals.
'''JazzFest Berlin''' (also known as the '''Berlin Jazz Festival''') is a [[jazz]] festival based in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. Originally called the "Berliner Jazztage" (''Berlin Jazz Days''), it was founded in [[1964]] in [[West Berlin]] by the [[Berliner Festspiele]]. It is considered one of the world's premier jazz festivals. Venues were, amoung others: Berliner Philharmonie, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Freie Volksbühne, Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Jazzclubs Quasimodo and [[A-Trane]].


The festival's artistic concept has been "to document, support, and validate trends in jazz, and to mirror the diversity of creative musical activity."[http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/aktuell/festivals/01_berliner_festspiele/bf_infos/06_jazzfest_1/JazzFest.php]
The festival's artistic concept has been "to document, support, and validate trends in jazz, and to mirror the diversity of creative musical activity."[http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/aktuell/festivals/01_berliner_festspiele/bf_infos/06_jazzfest_1/JazzFest.php]

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JazzFest Berlin (also known as the Berlin Jazz Festival) is a jazz festival based in Berlin, Germany. Originally called the "Berliner Jazztage" (Berlin Jazz Days), it was founded in 1964 in West Berlin by the Berliner Festspiele. It is considered one of the world's premier jazz festivals. Venues were, amoung others: Berliner Philharmonie, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Freie Volksbühne, Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Jazzclubs Quasimodo and A-Trane.

The festival's artistic concept has been "to document, support, and validate trends in jazz, and to mirror the diversity of creative musical activity."[1]