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Hartmut Neimke collection of shellac records and posters handed over to KKI

Hartmut Neimke from Bremen has bequeathed us a small but fine collection of shellac records. It contains cheerful German hits, marches and brass band music from the first half of the 20th century (e.g. Otto Reutter, the Great UFA Dance Orchestra or Walter Emmrich's Stabsmusikkorps). He also gave us some posters from the 1960s announcing concerts with traditional jazz. These include, for example, a tastefully designed announcement of the 7th German Amateur Jazz Festival from 1961, which took place in the Bremen Glocke.

New intern for three months

From mid-April to mid-July, Oliver Görlach is completing a three-month internship at KKI, arranged by the Berufsförderungswerk Friedehorst in Bremen. We are delighted to have his support and are happy to give him an insight into our varied day-to-day work.

Cooperation with the transnational project "Nazi injustice 'Degenerate Music' -
Persecuted swing dancers and jazz musicians in northwest Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland"

We have started working with the young project team led by Natalie Reinsch (historian). We are excited about the upcoming project milestones and look forward to the hybrid mediation formats on the topic.
More information here: https://www.bremer-buendnis.de/ns-unrecht-entartete-musik

KKI dance party as part of the CLUBNIGHT of the jazzahead! trade fair (April 12)

The evening in the jazz club of the Bremen University of the Arts (HFK) is entitled "The HFK Jazz Bass World". After three formations have presented live jazz with a focus on bass, Nico Thom, head of the Klaus Kuhnke Institute for Popular Music, will be DJing. He will be playing bass-heavy tracks that are located in the spectrum of funk, soul, hip-hop and drum & bass and have clear references to jazz. Sophisticated arrangements are combined with well-hung beats and lively improvisations. Fusion jazz with a dance guarantee!
Date: Friday, April 12, 11:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Location: jazz club of the University of the Arts / Mensa 13 (Dechanatstraße 13-15, 28195 Bremen)
More information: https://jazzahead.de/festival/#cn-program

KKI closed from April 1 to 14 due to Easter vacation & training

We are taking a few days off over Easter & then another training period.
We wish you all relaxing holidays with good music!

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KKI closed for training from March 11 to 15

Staff training also plays an important role for us. We will therefore be closed in the week from March 11 to 15 inclusive. We ask for your understanding.

Joint exhibition
"Archive splinters: Eating & Drinking"
with the Bremen Archive Working Group

The KKI is taking part in the joint exhibition "Archivsplitter: Essen & Trinken" (Archive Splinters: Eating & Drinking) organized by the Bremen Archive Working Group. The exhibition will take place as part of the "Day of Archives" (March 2/3, 2024), an event organized by the Association of German Archivists (VdA). More information here: https://www.vda.archiv.net/tag-der-archive/startseite-2.html

The exhibition can be visited from March 1 to April 20 in "Kapitel 8" (information center of the Evangelical Church Bremen). There, the KKI will present an exhibition panel under the heading "Currywurst and Gin" and take Herbert Grönemeyer and Bessie Smith as examples. More information here: https://www.bremer-archive.de/gemeinsame-ausstellung-archivsplitter-essen-und-trinken-1-maerz-bis-20-april-2024/

The official opening of the exhibition will take place on Friday, March 1, at 5 p.m. in "Kapitel 8" (Domsheide 8). There will be finger food and drinks and the KKI will provide the appropriate background music.