CRESCENDO JAZZ is an interdenominational, international Christian fellowship of jazz musicians – exchanging issues of life and music and growing together in faith, rooted in local communities and churches – in close connection to professional musicians of other genres.
Who we are and what we do
Crescendo JAZZ is a initiative of Crescendo International, a non-denominational Christian organization serving within the world of professional music and the arts.
Established in 1985, Crescendo is a diverse network of thousands of professional musicians and artists sharing commonality in faith and art.
We work as a international Crescendo JAZZ core team from Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, France and the US.
Our dream is to network, encourage and serve jazz musicians all over the world. You may find more information about our network and our worldwide projects here.
Our Vision & Heart
We want to network jazz musicians who have similar interests. Our approaches
- Network musicians via the CML („Christian Musicians Link“) as a worldwide online network. https://www.crescendointernational.org/en/network.html
- We want to create opportunities to meet locally and initiate events for professional musicians to get connected (e.g. via Jam sessions or exchange groups about profession and faith).
- We create online events and nurture an active online community via JAZZ Lounges and JAZZunity meetings.
- Annually, we create several conferences and conventions, like PERSONANZ.ORG, to meet and share about art, music and faith.
Our main goal is to create a network of mutual support and encouragement.
- We are supporting the dialogue of educational institutions in the fields of jazz and theology and working musicians and the churches.
- We serve musicians diaconally, in a personal and caring way.
- We support community and the exchange of ideas.
Our heart is to communicate faith in many different ways and making Christian accents in our society, such as
- Interdenominational services CREATIVE CHURCH & IN SPIRIT with artists specially for people who have become distanced from the church in more and more cities.
- Publications, Lectures and Workshops in Conservatories and Colleges of Music,
- Festivals (e.g. Night of Faith Basel).
We want to serve churches, Christian ministries and organisations, by
- Initiating Jazz concerts within a liturgical framework and theological reflections.
- Offering Soloists and Ensembles for engagements in church services with jazz elements.
Past and present Projects
JAZZunity
Tune IN Podcasts
Real Faithbook
Crescendo JAZZ Lounges
Young Professional Artists
... and more to come
Upcoming events
Get connected
We would love to hear more from you. Let’s stay in contact! We are constantly working on building a jazz community around the globe. Stay tuned about the future development of this movement.
Are you a professional jazz musician who is interested in finding out more about our events? Please register for our jazz newsletter.
Further there are options to be part of the whole community via the so-called CML.
Be part of the CML
The Christian Musicians Link (CML) was created to connect every Christian musician in the world. This has been used to contact fellow Christian musicians in a local area, locate musicians to freelance with, or even find a friend to stay with in a new city!
It is important for musicians to be part of a network. Registering for the CML subscribes you to our Crescendo newsletters and adds you to this network, where you can locate other local, national, and international Crescendo members.