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JazzFest Berlin

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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. Venues were, among others: Berliner Philharmonie, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 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]

2012 JazzFest Berlin will last for 4 days from 1st to 4 November.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Berliner Festspiele - Jazzfest Berlin". Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. ^ "JazzFest Berlin 2012". Retrieved 2012-05-20.