Joachim E. Behrendt was born on July 20, 1922 in Berlin, Germany as Joachim Ernst Behrendt. He was a writer and composer, known for Jazz in Poland (1964), Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997) and Das Brot der frühen Jahre (1962). He was married to Jadranka Marijan-Berendt. He died on February 4, 2000 in Hamburg, Germany.