International Jazz Festival Bern

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The International Jazz Festival Bern (IJFB) is a music festival in Bern , Switzerland . The festival, founded in 1976, has been held annually for ten weeks since 2003. The IJFB is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe with an international response.

background

The Bern International Jazz Festival has been held since 1976; It is therefore the oldest existing jazz festival in Switzerland, along with the Montreux Jazz Festival. It was founded by Hans Zurbrügg as President of the International Jazz Festival Bern.

Today the IJFB is embedded in the activities of the JBC Club (Jazz and Blues Classics) founded in 1990 . The club has over 1000 members. The IJFB presents over 100 concerts to its 25,000 visitors every year, many of them as part of the jazz festival. The “Back to the roots” concept chosen in 2003 - concerts in a small, intimate setting - was groundbreaking. The concept has proven itself so that it is copied by other festivals at home and abroad.

According to its philosophy, the IJFB is exclusively committed to jazz and blues musicians . In contrast to other festivals such as Montreux, in the self-perception of the organizers, it does not include types of music from the rock , folk , chanson or hip-hop scene.

reception

The Bern International Jazz Festival received regular feedback in specialist magazines and daily newspapers at home and abroad.

"The Bern Festival is a great representation of our music. We have from the top to bottom of styles, at least fifty years of music that has been created in the United States. "

- Dizzy Gillespie : The Jazz and Blues Art Box

Venues

The Bern International Jazz Festival is held in four concert venues at three locations.

Hotel Innere Enge

The Marians Jazzroom, a jazz club that is a concert venue for international artists all year round, is located on the grounds of the Hotel Innere Enge . During the jazz festival, a heated circus tent is set up in the hotel garden , the jazz tent with a stage, food and drinks.

Marian's Jazzroom

The place with the most concerts during the festival. Outside of the jazz festival, more than 280 exclusive individual concerts are held in the Marians Jazzroom in Bern every year. The Marians Jazzroom was built and opened in 1992 together with the Hotel Innere Enge by Hans Zurbrügg and Marianne Gauer.

Jazz tent

The jazz tent with over 800 m² was specially created for the promotion of young talent. Since 2003, 120 bands from the Swiss jazz schools and the New School of New York have participated. During one week, the students present their music every day.

Kursaal

The Kursaal offers the largest concert hall of the festival with up to 1500 seats in the Kursaal Arena.

Hotel Schweizerhof

As part of the jazz festival, the Hotel Schweizerhof also organizes concerts on its premises near the train station.

Recordings made (selection)

The Swiss television (DRS) recorded over 300 concerts in full at the IJFB. These recordings were broadcast on 3sat . T. still sent.

«Hans Zurbrügg went a step further with the filming and convinced Swiss television to conduct interviews with the musicians and record them as well. The previously unpublished interviews with 96 of the most important jazz & blues legends give a deep insight into the life and musical legacy of the jazz & blues culture »

- Wynton Marsalis : The Jazz and Blues Art Box

Recordings by Doc Cheatham & Jim Galloway , Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Dizzy Gillespie have also been released on albums; The Swiss Jazz Orchestra has also recorded two albums here.

Musicians directory (selection)

So far, over 1500 musicians have performed at the IJFB, including stars such as B .:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Bern International Jazz Festival
  2. ↑ Bern Jazz Festival - has always been strictly committed to tradition. In: Swissinfo (interview with Hans Zurbrügg)
  3. ↑ Press review print media. Website of the International Jazz Festival Bern
  4. ^ The Jazz and Blues Art Box
  5. ↑ Venues. Website of the International Jazz Festival Bern
  6. ↑ The Marians Jazzroom and the musicians since opening in 1992. In: The World's Unique Jazz Hotel
  7. ↑ Venues / Jazz Tent. Website of the International Jazz Festival Bern
  8. ↑ Arena - the classic. Website of the Kursaal Bern
  9. ↑ Venues / Schweizerhof. Website of the International Jazz Festival Bern
  10. ↑ Interviews with musicians from the Bern Jazz Festival. In: The Jazz and Blues Art Box
  11. ↑ International Jazz Festival Bern at Discogs (English)
  12. ↑ Artists who have performed so far. Website of the International Jazz Festival Bern

Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '39.9 "  N , 7 ° 26' 21.2"  E ; CH1903:  600045  /  201112