Copenhagen Jazz Festival

The Copenhagen Jazz Festival ( CJF ) has been organized since 1979 annually for ten days in July in Copenhagen and is one of Europe's largest Jazz festivals. Venues include the " Copenhagen Jazz House " or the Glass Palace in Tivoli, but also in many cafes, hotels, museums, cultural places of the city, the Opera, record stores, parks and even in pharmacies and bookshops. In addition to international stardom plays a number of musicians in the local jazz scene. Some concerts are free ( or at open air concerts at the Tivoli in the normal admission price ).

In 2007 there were approximately 1000 concerts at 90 venues. 2005 were 240,000 visitors. 2006, inter alia, Brad Mehldau, Jamie Cullum, Herbie Hancock, Bill Frisell, to hear Dee Dee Bridgewater, Pat Metheny.

The festival is sponsored by the municipality and the state and is supported by organizations such as the " Danish musician Forbund " and the "Danish Jazz Federation ", which also presents the International Festival ( as in the U.S. and Berlin).

The festival in 2011 suffered from flooding rains, the jazz club " Jazz House " was under water and could be reopened only renovated a year later. On the 34th Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2012 included performances by the Vijay Iyer Trio, Ambrose Akinmusire, John Scofield, Paolo Fresu and Mulgrew Miller. Of the 1,200 concerts in ten days organized the festival - Head for 10 years Signe Lopdrup - 180 concerts themselves, the rest come from other local operators. The Co- financier City of Copenhagen made ​​sure that as many open-air concerts were placed in the city. The festival took place at over 100 different venues all over the city instead.

At times (from about 1987 ) George was involved with his wine Festival Production at the production.