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The Jazzinstitut Darmstadt is a cultural institution of the City of Sciences Darmstadt in Germany that houses Europe’s largest public jazz archive. The Institute’s collection includes books, periodicals, recordings, photos, and extensive information about the history and current developments of jazz all over the world. The Institute bridges scholarly and practical demands, regional and multi-cultural activities, as well as transnational scholarly discourses in order to support the music and the many people who keep it alive. It has also earned a reputation in the jazz world for its reliable services answering inquiries of any kind.
Founded in 1990, the Jazzinstitut is housed in a baroque hunting chalet called the Bessunger Kavaliershaus (built between 1709 and 1725). The historical vaulted cellar underneath the Jazzinstitut has become a performance space for intimate concerts.
Forum on “Future of Jazz”
The subject of the recent 18th Darmstadt Jazzforum was “The Future of Jazz.” The conclusion of the participants was “Destination Unknown.” A summation of the proceedings by one attendee was “We still have no idea. None of the speakers brought a crystal ball to the Conference and let us listen to it. But we spoke about the necessity of securing spaces, and about having to be aware of whom we reach with t
