![]() Gil Evans Orchestra, Herbie Hancock Quartet, Chico Freeman, Art Pepper Quartet, Bennie Wallace Trio, Chick Corea Quartet, Jazz-Rock Summit feat. Sonny Rollins Quintet, Pharoah Sanders, Weather Report, Benny Waters, Bob Brookmeyer/ Jim Hall, Count Basie, Carla Bley, Ella Fitzgerald/ Joe Pass, Horace Parlan/ Doug Raney Quartet, Oscar Peterson/ Stéphane Grappelli/ Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Ron Carter Quartet, Svend Asmussen, Aske Bentzon, Thad Jones & Bent Jædig, Dollar Brand, Roland Hanna & Thad Jones Quartet, Leonardos Jazzkapel, Papa Bue, New Jungle Orchestra, Clark TerryĪrt Farmer Quartet, Chet Baker, Brecker Brothers, Stan Getz, Jan Garbareks Orkester, Dizzy Gillespie Quartet, Freddie Hubbard Quintet, George Adams/ Don Pullen Quartet, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Kenny Drew, John Tchicai, Etta Cameron, Cadentia Nova Danica, Buki Yamaz, Egberto Gismonti, Pat Metheny Group, Dollar Brand, Svend Asmussen, David Liebman, Chico Hamilton That makes Copenhagen Jazz Festival one of Copenhagen's most important public festivals, attracting a broad international audience. Through the 70s jazz music expanded in terms of genres and audiences, and reaching 1978 lawyer and project manager Poul Bjørnholt (from Københavns City Center) took the initiative to Copenhagen Jazz Festival, when realizing how local jazz clubs, public spaces, theaters and large venues could contribute to this collaborative event.įrom 1979 and until the 90s the festival grew at a steady pace - making room for both international artists and local bands - and today Copenhagen Jazz Festival is its biggest ever with more than 100 venues in Copenhagen and over 1000 concerts. An inspired music scene attracted even more American musicians and educated and inspired the whole Danish scene as well. The founding of Copenhagen Jazz Festival in 1979 is closely linked to the jazz scene that evolved in Copenhagen in the 1960s, when the city served as a European home for American jazz musicians like Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster and Kenny Drew. Musicians who have performed at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival include Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Michel Petrucciani, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Michel Camilo, Ornette Coleman, Annette Peacock, Svend Asmussen Quartet, Richard Bona, Tony Allen, Chick Corea and Daniel Puente Encina. ![]() In 2006 the number of concerts increased to 850, and today Copenhagen Jazz Festival numbers more than 100 venues, 1100 concerts, and approximately 260,000 guests, making it one of the largest music events in Europe. Copenhagen Jazz Festival was established in 1979, but beginning in 1964 Tivoli Gardens presented a series of concerts under the name Copenhagen Jazz Festival with Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and many others.Īccording to reports, the total attendance was 240,000 people during Copenhagen Jazz Festival in 2004. ![]() Annual jazz festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, each July Copenhagen Jazz Festivalĥ5☄0′34″N 12☃4′06″E / 55.67611°N 12.56833☎ / 55.67611 12.56833Ĭopenhagen Jazz Festival is a jazz event every July in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
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