JAZZ POPE
JOACHIM-ERNST BERENDT

CURATED BY
DR ANDREW WRIGHT HURLEY
& WARREN TAYLOR

OCTOBER 20 -
NOVEMBER 4, 2006

Jazz Pope focusses on the idiosyncratic writer and producer Joachim-ernst Berendt’s influential role within the german and international jazz scenes. Assembling a swag of cover art, photographs, music and text, the exhibition particularly explores the wealth of berendt’s landmark “Jazz Meets The World” series (1965–1971) and pieces together its bold attempts to combine jazz with the musics of Europe, Africa and Asia.



Das Jazzbuch, 1958
Sold 41,000 copies in first six weeks: “Jazz News” 1954a. By October 1955, was on third printing and had sold 100,000 copies.
Was also being promoted as best-selling jazz book in the world: “Jazz News” 1955e.
By 1959, was estimated to have sold 250,000
copies: Schmidt-Joos 1959a.

INTERVIEW
Dr. Andrew Wright Hurley with Eninio Styles
Starts 1:13:42