His weekly TV show Jazztime Baden-Baden and his daily radio shows were pioneer work in promoting jazz in post-war Germany. Berendt later focused on world music and was one of its early promoters, founding a World Music Festival in 1965.
Berendt's weekly TV show Jazztime Baden-Baden and his daily radio programs played a pioneering role in jazz promotion in post-war Germany. Later, he shifted focus to world music and became an early advocate for it, founding the World Music Festival in 1965.