Jazzhus Montmartre is identified by its original home at Store Regnegade nineteen, where it first opened its doors on February seventeen, nineteen fifty-nine. This intimate venue, designed to accommodate only eighty-five people, gained…
American Jazz Expatriates
Walk in the footsteps of legendary American jazz artists like Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, and Thad Jones who made Copenhagen their home. This route takes you from historic clubs and academies to quiet cemeteries and dedicated streets.
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1. Jazzhus Montmartre
2. Assistens Cemetery
Assistens Cemetery is defined by high yellow walls that enclose a sprawling, tree-lined garden in the heart of the Nørrebro district. Inaugurated in seventeen sixty, it was originally established as an auxiliary burial ground outside the…
3. The Royal Danish Academy of Music
The Royal Danish Academy of Music occupies the former Radio House, a sprawling modernist complex recognized by its long wings and a distinct, fan-shaped concert hall. Designed by architect Vilhelm Lauritzen, the building was constructed…
4. Dahlerupsgade
A nondescript brick building stands on Dahlerupsgade, housing the space that opened in nineteen fifty-nine as the original Jazzhus Montmartre. This basement club functioned as the primary venue for American expatriate musicians who arrived…
5. Tivoli Gardens
Tivoli Gardens is defined by its vibrant illumination and ornate, exotic pavilions, which stand in the heart of Copenhagen on the site of the city's former defensive fortifications. Opened on August fifteenth, eighteen forty-three, the…
6. Vestre Cemetery
Vestre Cemetery is a vast, fifty-four-hectare landscape defined by winding gravel paths, dense tree-lined avenues, and quiet ponds. Opened in eighteen seventy, this space was created to accommodate the rapidly expanding population of…
7. Ben Websters Vej
Ben Websters Vej runs across the artificial islands of Fyrholm, Bøgholm, and Birkholm in the Sydhavnen district. This waterfront street is part of a modern housing development where the roads are named after musicians from the city's jazz…
8. Kenny Drews Vej
Kenny Drews Vej stretches across the islands of Kidholm, Lindholm, and Hjortholm in the Sluseholmen area of southern Copenhagen. This road is part of a neighborhood where the streets carry the names of prominent figures from the Danish…
9. Thad Jones Vej
Thad Jones Vej is a street in the Sydhavn district that follows a canal and crosses a bridge over the artificial islands of Askholm and Egholm. It is one of several streets in the neighborhood named for American jazz musicians who spent…