Best of 2022: 60 years of KJK
The legendary German promoter details his company's journey from a boutique operation to a fiercely independent powerhouse
Feature By Gordon Masson | 28 December 2022
Ahead of the return of our daily IQ Index newsletter on Tuesday, 3 January, we are revisiting some of our most popular interviews from the last 12 months.
Here, we celebrate 60 years of legendary German promoter Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion…
When Karsten Jahnke registered the company name back in 1962, the enthusiastic music man had already been immersed in his favourite genre –jazz – since the decade before but admits that running a company that would allow him to indulge in his passion was never really a goal.
“The first jazz ball I promoted was 1959 for a band of a friend,” he recalls. “Afterwards, I remember receiving a letter from the authorities telling me that I needed a type of licence to put on such a show.”
At the time,…
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