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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 |
'''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{{By whom|date=November 2011}} one of the world's premier jazz festivals. Venues were, among others: Berliner Philharmonie, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Freie Volksbühne, Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Jazzclubs Quasimodo and [[A-Trane]]. |
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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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Revision as of 13:50, 4 November 2011
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[by whom?] one of the world's premier jazz festivals. Venues were, among 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]
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