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Report in LondonJazzNews: 35th Conference of the Radio Jazz Research Group

RJR member Sebastian Scotney published a write-up of the 35th Radio Jazz Research conference in Salzburg.

“The conferences of the Radio Jazz Research group provide a useful point of confluence between people promoting and presenting jazz – such as jazz broadcasters, festival and concert promoters – and current academic research. And this 35th session in Salzburg in October 2018 gave those of us outside the academic world a useful window into it. “

The full article is available here: http://www.londonjazznews.com/2018/10/report-35th-conference-of-radio-jazz.html?m=1

A talk about Joachim-Ernst Berendt | Recap by RJR member Sebastian Scotney

The final session of the Radio Jazz Research meeting on Jazz in the media in the 1950’s was a fascinating portrait of the predominant figure in Germany in that era, Joachim-Ernst Berendt. The current head of the Jazzredaktion (editorial team) at SWR, Günther Huesmann, and thereby the direct successor to Berendt, was interviewed by Dr. Bernd Hoffmann who has the equivalent role at WDR.

The most consistent thought that I had as I listened to their exchanges (which will be appearing as a video on the RJR website) was that Berendt is one of those figures in the development of jazz who has left a massive legacy. The fact that jazz has become embedded in all of Germany’s public broadcasters, and therefore has a platform and a critical mass that many other countries can only dream of, is at least in part attributable to Berendt. Huesmann himself was mentored early in his career by Berendt, but both speakers were happy to acknowledge that the fact that their posts exist as Jazz-Redakteure at the broadcasters does indeed owe a lot to Berendt.

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Prof. Dr. Robert von Zahn

Jazz has always segued between intuitive improvisation, dance and art music The fact that not everything about jazz is art is no reason to not reflect seriously on jazz, to continually investigate anew its methods of distribution in the media, or to research the history of jazz academically. “Radio Jazz Research” represents the intellectual accompaniment of the most awesome of all cultural expressions.

Prof. Dr. Robert von Zahn

Secretary General of the Landesmusikrat NRW

Sebastian Scotney

Radio Jazz Research is such a brilliant concept for the sharing of knowledge. It works so well in practice, it could be a model for people in many sectors to learn from and to follow. The range of participants is always very broad, yet all are united by a common enthusiasm for and knowledge of the music. The result is that the topics are always illuminated from a much wider range of perspectives than is the norm.
I also have huge respect for the ethos of the discussion, where there is genuine sharing of expertise. It is not what the English call “Chatham House”; nor is it what the French call “comité restreint”. It is in fact something better. RJR has created an environment where differences of opinion are respected, valued and used to build better understanding. And that is something of which the world is in desperately short supply.

Sebastian Scotney

Editor (London Jazz News)

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