Blue Note International

The fruits of the blues

I: Anja Jurleit (Bikini Kommando)

»Blues is the roots, everything else is the fruits« – this wise saying comes from Willie Dixon, and it says everything about the significance of this genre. BLUE NOTE INTERNATIONAL puts blues, jazz and related genres such as funk and jazz rock at the centre of a high-cal- ibre event series throughout the year. As part of workshops, a sympo- sium and, of course, many concerts, the project explores the question of what significance making music together has for our social coexistence. Musicians, concert organisers and other artists from the border triangle of Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany as well as other countries will network towards this goal. The audience can look forward to a rich musical harvest.

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.