tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238890762024-03-07T05:58:09.001+00:00ParisLovesJazz -- What's On and Who's Playing in Paris Jazz Clubs and BarsBremner Duthie's blog about live jazz in Paris, improvised music in Paris, Paris jazz clubs and Paris jazz barsA singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-59794620455069372672018-01-01T21:50:00.000+00:002018-06-28T11:40:05.451+01:00On Hold<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hey Hey Hey<br />
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well, life intervenes, and I'll be on tour for a while, so this blog will be on hold. <br />
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Meanwhile you can always click over on the right hand side of the screen to see our list of Paris Jazz venues, and if you do a search for a venue or a style in the search box there is a good chance you'll find something that will interest you in the old posts<br />
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Enjoy all the music - I'll see you back here soon<br />
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cheers<br />
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A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-37360618543460847662014-02-22T14:27:00.000+00:002014-02-24T15:44:22.018+00:00What is the Best Jazz Club in Paris?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ouch... that's so hard. Asking me to choose which is the best Jazz Bar in Paris!! That's like choosing the best pastry in a Paris bakery, or choosing which bakery in Paris makes the best croissant! <br />
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or do you want dinner and fancy tablecloths while listening to the big band sounds at <a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/12/play-me-some-of-that-old-time-music.html">Le Petit Journal de Montparnasse</a>, or how about hearing some young new players in the cool, modern metallic walls of <a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-outside-paris-jazz-club-event.html">the Dynamo</a>,<br />
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The choice is simply overwhelming. No matter what part of the city you are in, or what type of music excites you, there is something on offer.</div>
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But, if I do have a personal favourite, it would have to be the gorgeous jazz venue of <a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-list-of-best-jazz-bars-and-clubs-in.html">Balle Au Bonds</a> - and it's not even a dedicated Paris jazz venue... but when they do schedule jazz then what could be better than this as a location -</div>
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it's a 'peniche' (a converted barge) moored just permanently just down from Isle St. Louis, in the heart of Paris, and when they have have jazz there is nothing more heavenly then sitting down in the concert hall, with the river lapping at the edge of the hull, some great music and a cocktail and a lovely companion.. </div>
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A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-24037264463243122152014-02-18T10:11:00.000+00:002014-02-24T15:46:05.566+00:00January 7th, Benjamin Moussay and Ping Machine, live jazz in Paris<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-34154296533000178022014-02-16T20:32:00.000+00:002014-02-24T16:06:47.297+00:00the history of Jazz in Paris. Why Jazz Matters to Paris!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jazz began to become significant in France starting in the 1920s. As with Brazil (see Brazilian jazz), the French were at first concerned it was too American of an influence before "making it their own." Although in the case of the French the adjustment proved faster as by the 1930s jazz had become acceptable. An important event in that is the creation of the Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. This is among the most significant jazz groups in European history.[1]<o:p></o:p></div>
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Starting in the late 1940s the Le Caveau de la Huchette would become an important place for French and American jazz musicians to work. Many American jazz artists have lived in France from Sidney Bechet to Archie Shepp. These Americans would have an influence on French jazz, but at the same time French jazz had its own inspirations as well. For example Bal-musette had some influence on France's form of Gypsy jazz. In a related vein violin, and to an extent guitar, were traditionally more popular in French jazz than American. Related to that Jean-Luc Ponty and Stéphane Grappelli are among the most well-respected violinists in the history of jazz. That stated the violin is also popular in Eastern European jazz.</div>
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As a beacon of personal and artistic freedom, Paris, the "City of Light," lured thousands of American musicians, artists, and writers in the 1920s and 1930s. They crossed the Atlantic, bringing with them a unique facet of the modern age--jazz.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This Smithsonian traveling exhibition tells the amazing tale of this transcontinental cultural exportation and celebration. Organized and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), "The Jazz Age in Paris" premiered at the Smithsonian's Center for African American History and Culture in Washington. The exhibition features images, artifacts, testimonies, audio and video recordings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the 1920s, Paris rebounded from World War I with frenetic jubilation and artistic creativity. Contributing to the energy were the Americans, including many African Americans, who either served in the armed forces during the war and declined to return home, or who traveled to Paris to experience its cordial racial and artistic climate. Parisians openly encouraged the unique talents these new residents brought with them--especially their music. "The Jazz Age in Paris" tells the story of the American expatriates who so richly contributed to modern culture.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To experience the magic of the era, visitors will enter the exhibition through a replica of an old Montmartre boulevard. Montmartre is the region in Paris where many African Americans lived and worked, famous for its jazz clubs including Le Grand Duc and Bricktop's.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A major portion of the exhibition presents material in the form of large "scrapbook" pages, inspired by the original scrapbooks of comedian Johnny Hudgins, one of the best-known American entertainers in Paris in the 1920s. Photographs, letters, postcards, caricatures, advertisements, music manuscripts, reproduced drawings and paintings are presented, with each section addressing themes of the era, such as Old Montmartre, the Cake Walk and Ragtime music, the Parisian taste for exotic entertainment, the impact of World War I, the expatriate experience, cabaret life and café society, and changing social and artistic developments during the 1930s.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Free-standing kiosks, like those used in Paris to post fliers for concerts and events, present the stories of eight important Jazz Age personalities including James Reese Europe, Ada "Bricktop" Smith, Sidney Bechet, and Josephine Baker. Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, composer Darius Milhaud, and writers Hugues Pannaisié and Charles Delaunay represent the Europeans who influenced and were influenced by the new sounds, ideas, and spirit of the day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The exhibition closes with a section featuring 12 original art posters created by artists in Paris during the Jazz Age. Works by Jean Cocteau, Paul Colin, Miguel Covarrubias, August Herbin, Charles Gesmar, and Leonetto Cappiello visually re-create the fervor of the time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It would be difficult to overestimate the influence that Paris, much like New Orleans, Chicago and New York, has had on jazz music, its health and evolution both in America and internationally. As such, it would take volumes to document the story thoroughly—significantly more, at any rate, than the 156 pages in Luke Miner's pocket-sized (well, for a big pocket) Paris Jazz: A Guide. Paris Jazz makes no claims toward comprehensiveness, however, and instead aims to be a companion to the jazz fan who finds himself on a Parisian musical pilgrimage of sorts, or perhaps eager to explore beyond the city's de rigueur tourist spots like the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The book is arranged according to neighborhood and, insofar as it's possible, chronology, beginning with Montmarte and Louis Mitchell's Jazz Kings circa 1918, and concluding with Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the declining health of Lester Young and Bud Powell. It offers pithy and engaging overviews of larger Parisian jazz establishments as well as smaller ones, including their pre and post-jazz history, their place in a wider musical context, famous (and infamous) performers and clientele, relevant photographs, anecdotes, quotes, up-to-date contact information, and maps indicating extant venues and the original sites of now-demolished clubs such as the Grand Duc, Bricktop's and the Hot Club de France. At the end of each chapter, Miner lists venues for catching live jazz gigs today. The book itself is capped off with more jazz venues (some mentioned earlier in the book), a brief list of recommended listening, and a selected bibliography.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Having landed in France with the American troops fighting in the First World War, jazz settled in well in Paris, the city which made Josephine Baker its muse during the Roaring 20s and adopted swing as a lifestyle in the cabarets of Pigalle and Montparnasse. Thanks to Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, France saw the emergence of the first original style of jazz which was not born in America. More than half a century after the death of the affable gypsy, jazz is thriving in this city where the memory still lingers of the great jazzmen who made it their home, from Sidney Bechet to Bud Powell via Dexter Gordon and even, as an echo of the rumour in May ‘68, the members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. It was in a Parisian studio that Miles Davis recorded the music which made Louis Malle’s film, Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud, famous. The singer Dee Dee Bridgewater revealed her talent here. And even nowadays, it is not uncommon to come across the familiar silhouette of saxophonist Archie Shepp in the shadows of a club.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Previously with Martial Solal and Michel Petrucciani, today with musicians such as Julien Lourau and Baptiste Trotignon, French jazz has nothing to be ashamed of in comparison with other international venues. Experimental, traditional, eclectic, fertile – jazz in Paris does not stay still for long. It takes on the colours of Africa or the Caribbean, it tunes in to electro, it cultivates the memory of bebop, it keeps the gypsy flame burning, it freely plays at being a “sorcerer’s apprentice”, and finally gains the female touch, it always dances, mingles with hip-hop, confronts slam poetry… In short, jazz is changing and growing. Solo in an art gallery, in a big band in a large hall, in a small group in a club, in front of the stalls of the leading theatres – it is at home everywhere. It is up to you to choose yours.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And there is no shortage in supply. Apart from the various clubs and bars which regularly host jazz, it is on the bill in Paris and the Ile-de-France at an impressive number of festivals throughout the season. So much so that there is always something to discover: the various forms of African-American music and avant-garde at Sons d’Hiver (Val-de-Marne) and Banlieues Bleues (Seine-Saint-Denis), European jazz with JazzyColors which takes place in the cultural centres of the capital’s foreign institutes, the creativity of modern-day jazz with Jazz Au Fil De l’Oise (Val-d’Oise) or Jazz aux Arènes de Montmartre, free open-air concerts at La Défense Jazz Festival (Hauts-de-Seine) or the Paris Jazz Festival in the Parc Floral, a whole district moving to jazz during the Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the diversity of contemporary styles and traditions at the jazz festival in La Villette, the jazzmen topping the bill at the CareFusion Jazz Festival, the Festival All-Stars at New Morning , at Sunside ’s American Jazz Festival and at the Enghien Jazz Festival, the liveliness of gypsy swing at the Django Reinhardt festival in Samois-sur-Seine or the Jazz-Musette des Puces festival in Saint-Ouen, or various fusions at the Jazz ‘n Klezmer festival… It is impossible not to find one to suit your taste!<o:p></o:p></div>
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t is Paris, 1961. Word has flashed through the city that royalty is in town. Jazz royalty. Duke Ellington is staying at the Hotel de la Trémoille, off Avenue George V, as is Louis Armstrong. Both men are at the height of their fame and powers, so a photographer is dispatched from Paris Match to capture the meeting of the giants.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They agree to appear on adjoining balconies, while, in the street below, members of their respective orchestras play – a friendly battle of the bands. In the ensuing photograph, Duke is regally raising his hand, as if greeting his subjects, while Armstrong is waving his trademark white handkerchief (originally used to hide his finger movements from rival trumpeters who might try to mimic his formidable technique), and both wear smiles of great glee.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Forty-seven years later, the woman standing next to me in front of the same image, which hangs in the foyer of La Trémoille, points at Satchmo: “My mother was a dancer with Louis Armstrong. Not when this was taken, but earlier. My parents always promised to bring me to Paris. They never did, so I thought I’d better get myself here.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ricki Stevenson is a journalist and broadcaster who runs black-history tours of Paris. And a lot of that has to do with jazz. “All round here,” she says, waving her arms, “was jazz central.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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By “here”, Ricki means the golden triangle of the Champs-Elysées and Avenues George V and Montaigne – these days associated with exorbitantly priced shopping, sleeping and eating. “Duke loved this hotel. Armstrong would stay here or at Powers, on Rue François, because they let him cook his own food in the kitchen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Josephine Baker lived on this very street after the war. In the Fifties, Sidney Bechet had his own club across on Rue Pierre Charron.” In the Thirties, he had a gunfight with his bass player on stage because the bassist wasn’t keeping time. Three people were wounded in the crossfire and Bechet spent a year in jail. He was a hard taskmaster.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The photograph of Duke and Louis we are staring at was stored in La Trémoille’s basement for years. When the hotel was renovated, the neglected picture was uncovered and the management subsequently decided to create two new “jazz suites”, one named after Ellington, the other Armstrong, which opened this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But why is Paris steeped in jazz history in a way that, say, London isn’t? “That’s because of the Harlem Hellfighters,” Ricki says, and she tells the story of the Afro-American infantry unit from the first world war and James Reese Europe, its band leader, who brought to Paris what Alex Ross, in his masterly book on 20th-century music, The Rest Is Noise, calls “syncopated music that was a step or two away from jazz”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Europe was one of the first people to travel back to America to tell a story of a promised land, where black players were welcome and their music taken seriously. You could argue that it was Europe who first released the musical virus of jazz that found such a perfect host in Paris.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Later that night, sitting at the bar of a crowded club called the Duc des Lombards (see info below), watching astonishingly assured young French pianist Baptiste Trotignon captivate the audience, I ask the same questions of expat Mike Zwerin. In his own way, although he would bristle at the description, Zwerin is Parisian jazz royalty.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A stellar writer on the subject, including the excellent Parisian Jazz Chronicles, and friend of Dexter Gordon and Miles Davis, he is also a gifted trombone player. When Zwerin was 18, Davis recruited him for what is known as the Birth of the Cool band.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He nods, smiles at the truth of it, then answers my question: “I think jazz took root in Paris because American musicians could get work permits here easily and they were well looked after. The French got to play with them, which encouraged and influenced the local musicians. That was very important. It’s still possible to go out and hear good jazz in this city almost every night.” He cocks an ear: “Why do saxophonists always have to play in double time?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He’s right, not only about sax players, but that there’s excellence to be found, not just in the clubs but also over the next few weeks at the Paris Jazz Festival, one of the great bargains of the genre. This year, it takes place every weekend from June 7 to July 27 at Parc Floral, an attractive area of woods and lakes at Château de Vincennes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There you can see artists of considerable standing for the price of admission to the park: a whisker under £4. In previous years, I’ve watched well over 2,000 people being mesmerised by the ruminations of Brad Mehldau and the trumpet of Wynton Marsalis.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This time round, the trumpet stars du jour are Erik Truffaz (June 7) and Tomasz Stanko (June 15); and there are performances by the likes of the James Taylor Quartet (June 28), Dianne Reeves (July 20) and Angélique Kidjo (July 19). The main concerts start at 3pm; if you want one of the 1,200 seats (plastic, bring cushions), you need to get there early, but it’s as much fun to bring a picnic and enjoy the jazz in a city where it feels right at home. James Reese Europe’s benign virus is still here and thriving.</div>
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A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-72486241238361819652014-02-12T20:27:00.000+00:002014-02-24T16:05:44.424+00:00Jazz Festivals in Paris and France<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-51845646806041640152014-01-22T21:45:00.001+00:002014-01-22T21:45:57.977+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">working on a new cabaret show, considering heading over again to Edinburgh this summer - still delighted with this top pick from The List magazine </span><a href="http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/52374-top-5-cabaret-shows-at-the-edinburgh-festival-fringe-2013/" style="font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/52374-top-5-cabaret-shows-at-the-edinburgh-festival-fringe-2013/</a></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-64357153772103545712014-01-21T14:28:00.001+00:002014-01-21T14:28:10.515+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.309091567993164px;">delighted that this video of yours truly singing Jacques Brel's wonderful song, 'Amsterdam' made it to Vimeo. But how did it get there??? I never put it there... </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/51981820" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.309091567993164px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/51981820</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.309091567993164px;"> And who picks that first image? I look like I'm about to burst into tears??</span></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-77301141482352051802014-01-20T04:31:00.005+00:002014-01-20T04:31:50.037+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">my three CDs 'The Sky Was Blue', 'Bremner Sings Kurt Weill' and '33, a kabarett' now available on</span><a class="ot-anchor aaTEdf" href="http://amazon.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; background-color: white; color: #427fed; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.218s;" target="_blank">amazon.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">!! </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B001AKZ9AK?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Bremner%20Duthie&index=digital-music&search-type=ss%EF%BB%BF"><span style="color: #427fed; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; transition: color 0.218s;">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B001AKZ9AK?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Bremner%20Duthie&index=digital-music&search-type=ss</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></span></a></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-56845534364367051072014-01-20T04:31:00.002+00:002014-01-20T04:31:15.493+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">All my 3 CD's now up and available for download on itunes! </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/bremner-duthie/id281856353%EF%BB%BF"><span style="color: #427fed; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; transition: color 0.218s;">https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/bremner-duthie/id281856353</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></span></a></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-64199151169092989652014-01-18T06:47:00.002+00:002014-01-18T06:47:30.506+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Another fine review for my Kurt Weill cabaret - "Whiskey Bars is, hands down, my pick for best of venue and I'm willing to bet it's the best thing at the Fringe, period" <a href="http://www.viewmag.com/2026-FRINGE+FESTIVAL+REVIEWS.htm">http://www.viewmag.com/2026-FRINGE+FESTIVAL+REVIEWS.htm</a></span></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-42330667607047168982014-01-18T03:03:00.002+00:002014-01-18T03:07:55.043+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">excited to see that my CD distribution company CD Baby, has set me up with a Spotify Streaming site. If you have a subscription you can listen to all of the songs from my three CDs. I can watch as people around the world play my music! </span><span style="color: #427fed; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><u><a href="https://play.spotify.com/search/bremner%20duthie">https://play.spotify.com/search/bremner%20duthie</a></u></span></span></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-34077395292491092992014-01-17T16:25:00.003+00:002014-01-17T16:25:41.421+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
or this thoughtful interview from Toronto: <a href="http://www.livewithculture.ca/music/whiskey-bars-puts-fresh-spin-on-kurt-weill/" style="font-family: Verdana;" title="bremner duthie kurt weill interview"><strong>http://www.livewithculture.ca/music/whiskey-bars-puts-fresh-spin-on-kurt-weill/</strong></a></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-63803933779601814892014-01-17T16:25:00.001+00:002014-01-17T16:25:15.515+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
or this one, from The Scotsman <strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/musicals-and-opera-review-whiskey-bars-1-1087942" title="bremner duthie kurt weill cabaret review">http://www.scotsman.com/news/musicals-and-opera-review-whiskey-bars-1-1087942</a></span></strong><br />
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A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-39435630328178883562014-01-17T16:24:00.001+00:002014-01-17T16:24:53.881+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">still in a slump, despite the beautiful weather in New Orleans, crashing through the pages of my old website, trying to update it to new ambitions. One bright spot is that I keep finding these nice old reviews. Like this </span><a href="http://www.plankmagazine.com/review/whiskey-bars-kabarett-songs-kurt-weill%EF%BB%BF" target="_blank"><span style="color: #427fed; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-transition: color 0.218s; background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; transition: color 0.218s;">http://www.plankmagazine.com/review/whiskey-bars-kabarett-songs-kurt-weill</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></span></a></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-77597507505680013622014-01-17T07:29:00.001+00:002014-01-17T07:29:24.922+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
and this one makes me smile!<br />
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"<span style="background-color: #e7e7e7; font-family: FrankfurtGothic, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.899999618530273px;">captivating performances of his songs. These are beautifully delivered with power and emotion, set to a hauntingly sparse piano accompaniment. At times we are magically transported to 1930s Berlin."</span></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-3866311419061105262014-01-17T07:16:00.001+00:002014-01-17T07:20:12.979+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
having a bleh, 'why did I ever choose this artistic life' kind of day... so I'm redoing my website a bit and looking through some old reviews to cheer myself up<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c345d; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;">by the time we arrived at the chillingly </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #1c345d; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;">Speak Low</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c345d; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;"> - calm on the surface, yet bubbling with undercurrents of febrile yearning - we were left with no doubt whatsoever that we were in the presence of a true master of his craft. Still, it doesn't take long to warm to the monologue format, a play interspersed with songs - a solo musical, if you will. </span></div>
A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-51696996485815329922011-01-14T18:58:00.004+00:002011-01-14T19:01:22.781+00:00Paris Jazz Meet-Up #2<b>Jazz Meet-up #2</b><br />
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Cabaret Jazz at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1GPCK_enCA371CA371&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=BANLIEUES+BLEUES+PARIS&fb=1&hq=BANLIEUES+BLEUES&hnear=Paris,+France&cid=0,0,10042623840326896120&ei=r5cwTfjmCdG14QaK48yKCg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQnwIwAQ">Le Dynamo </a><br />
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This Jazz Meet Up is happening at the fantastic Dynamo, home of the wonderful Banlieues Bleues Festivals.<br />
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<i>LE CABARET DES MUSIQUES A OUIR.</i><br />
The performers say - <b>"Wilkommen, welcome, bienvenue au cabaret free désinvolte, au music-hall déjanté, dadaïste et féérique, au moulin (rouge) du musette et de la chanson populaire recyclée rock !Brigitte Fontaine et Areski, Billie Holiday, Eric Lareine, Loïc Lantoine, Georges Brassens, Ferré, Dutronc, Boris Vian, les Clash ou Zizi Jeanmaire… "</b> (and I'll translate that freely -<i> "Wilkommen, welcome, welcome to the casual free cabaret, music hall crazy, Dadaist and magical at the red windmill and musette of recycled pop song! Brigitte Fontaine and Areski, Billie Holiday, Eric Lareine, Loïc Lantoine, Georges Brassens, Ferré, Dutronc, Boris Vian, the Clash or Zizi Jeanmaire ." </i><br />
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You can hear extracts from their new album <a href="http://www.musicaouir.fr/?p=groupe">HERE. </a><br />
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or see a video of these fun loving guys<br />
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Le Dynamo is a ‘just outside of Paris’ jazz club in a totally cool space. Two minutes walk from the Metro Stop Aubervilliers-Pantin on Line 7. As Paris becomes ever more expensive artists and musicians and whole festivals are moving just past the borders of the city - like Williamsburg in NYC (..perhaps not quite as 'cool' as Williamsburg, but you get the idea...) So Montreuil and Pantin are becoming slowly filled with artists and artisans and new theatre and music spaces. You can see the great new building here<br />
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or visit the site of Le Dynamo <a href="http://www.banlieuesbleues.org/31_dynamo_le_lieu.php">HERE</a><br />
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The Concert starts at 8.30pm (20h30) and costs 14 euros - I'll be there early to eat and drink, since they serve organic beer and 'petits plats'. So join me for that - or meet for the show about 8.15pm (20h15) to see the concert (but hey, it's Paris and it's jazz, so they'll probably get going a little later...) Look for me in the crowd - you can see a photo at <a href="http://www.bremnerduthie.com/">www.bremnerduthie.com</a>A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-1222126090770795562011-01-08T17:52:00.003+00:002011-01-10T21:13:34.751+00:00Wow! Live jazz in Paris rocks and rolls at Studio de l'ErmitageOK, well these are my new 'favouritist bands ever'!<br />
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I went to see Benjamin Moussay and Ping Machine at l'Ermitage last night, accompanied by some new friends from the meet-up group <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Paris-Loves-Jazz/">http://www.meetup.com/Paris-Loves-Jazz/</a><br />
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Those bands brought down the house.<br />
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Benjamin's trio was a wildly successful mix of ....uhhhh... early Genesis meets Chick Corea? Dave Holland meets Frank Zappa? Whatever! It was great music presented with humour and a delicacy of touch that just charmed the audience. <br />
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here they are in the recording session for their last album<br />
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they'll be back next in Paris on June 2nd at the<a href="http://www.parisjazzfestival.fr/"> Parc Floral Paris Jazz Festival</a><br />
I really cannot recommend them enough... if I tried to do that I'd be here all day<br />
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And Ping Machine - well, they rocked! 13 members on the tiny stage of the Studio de l'Ermitage playing original compositions by their guitarist, Fred Maurin. Think 'Zorn meets Grand Funk Railroad and they compose for a Hitchcock movie'. They had a moment of big band dullness in the middle (from the looks of panic on some of the members I think they might have thrown one under-rehearsed number into the set) that sent some people out of gig, but then they picked up in a big way.<br />
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here they are live - the video doesn't capture the full wonderful madness of the compositions which span free-jazz to funk and are wonderfully interpreted by the very tight group.<br />
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they have a date coming up at the Olympic Cafe on the 24th of February, and they're also playing at Parc Floral this summer.<br />
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Check them out!<br />
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And if you're looking for other options then check out our c<a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-list-of-best-jazz-bars-and-clubs-in.html">omplete list of Paris venues</a>A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-19537750804822326632010-12-21T20:36:00.000+00:002011-01-14T19:45:47.168+00:00Benny Golson's 'Whisper Not'... my New Year's present for ParisLovesJazz readers<i><b><br />
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Here's a nice romantic song to bring in the New Year.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Golson">Benny Golson</a> has said that he wrote "Whisper Not" in only 20 minutes, and that the title meant "nothing" he just liked the way the two words sounded together. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Feather">Leonard Feather</a> would later write lyrics.) From such ordinary beginnings in 1956 emerged a jazz standard. Its earliest recordings came on Golson's debut as leader (New York Scene) and on albums by the Dizzy Gillespie big band and Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers while Golson was a member of each of those congregations.<br />
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Here's my arrangement of Benny Golson's amazing standard - live in concert with my Quartet<br />
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My little blog can't begin to give you a complete listing of the Paris jazz venues and concerts in January, but, what I can do is pick out some highlights, and maybe give you some good advice on what looks good.... and maybe even what might be nice to do before or after for a great night out in Paris seeing live jazz.<br />
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December 31st (that sort of counts as January, doesn't it...)<br />
At <a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-list-of-best-jazz-bars-and-clubs-in.html">Sunside</a> - Rhoda Scott is pumping out the good time grooves on her Hammond B3 at 8:30pm and 11pm<br />
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and if you're going to be at Sunside for either of those gigs, then you should probably be wandering the lovely romantic streets in the <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=marais+paris&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=marais&hnear=Paris,+France&cid=0,0,9254759785093588143&ei=ZcUPTeGlJcGj8QPmxbCEBw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CB0QnwIwAA">Marais</a> sometime before or after... it doesn't matter where you go - it's all beautiful all the time. My favourite restaurant is <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187147-d1034252-Reviews-Les_Philosophes-Paris_Ile_de_France.html">Les Philosophes.</a> Sitting on one of the most beautiful corners in the city they serve up reliably traditional fare in a quiet but romantic setting - perfect for a night out in Paris.<br />
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On January 22nd the Musee Branly continues their cycle of concerts <a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/ethno-jazz-in-paris-le-quai-branly-is.html">'Blue Indigo'</a> with a concert by <a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=16572">Steve Lehman</a><br />
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You'll find the Musee Branly at 37 quai Branly, metro Alma Marceau, and if you decide to go to this gig, well then you have no choice but to spend time before just across the river in the stunning museum - <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&expIds=17259,18168,27642&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&cp=17&qe=cGFyaXMgcGFsYWlzIGRlIHQ&qesig=Tw64ir_k4AbSxbLsrkHXSA&pkc=AFgZ2tlYIuo7AbNnobTi5yxpCmrFJbqS36tWGuAVJU8utzJdJLQinIMI5VfnviHaWYturE2b0c9jW1eMOLZlCxA4e6EwBeY0ww&rlz=1C1GPCK_enCA371CA371&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=paris+palais+de+tokyo&fb=1&hq=paris+palais+de+tokyo&hnear=paris+palais+de+tokyo&cid=0,0,11000346364157945457&ei=iMoPTfTxCoHrOZXxoLoJ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQnwIwAQ">Palais de Tokyo.</a> This modern art gallery is an old edifice from the 20's and had its guts ripped out to host the new museum... only they didn't put new guts back in, so now the paintings hang amidst the wonderfully destroyed remnants of the girders and concrete of the original building. The <a href="http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/fo3/low/programme/index.php?page=../pause/restaurant.htm">Palais de Tokyo</a> has a great restaurant and rotating shows of modern art.<br />
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On January 25th, at the magnificent <a href="http://www.chatelet-theatre.com/chatelet1011/jazz/Orchestre-National-de-Jazz,493">Chatelet Theatre</a>, the Orchestra National de Jazz is doing a show called Billie Holiday, Shut up and Dance. Now, I admit I don't know anything about this concert, but I'm going to recommend it based mostly upon their amazing press image<br />
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and upon the wonderful venue, one of my favourite theatres in Paris,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_du_Ch%C3%A2telet"> le Theatre de Chatelet</a><br />
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Here's some footage of the Orchestra crossing over every kind of genre category<br />
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And, if you check out this concert, well, you have absolutely no choice not to indulge in one of my favourite restaurants in Paris. The stunning <a href="http://www.lezimmer.com/">'Zimmer' </a>(I was there this weekend indulging in their famous Choucroutte). It's easy to find, since it's actually in the same building as the theatre. And it has history pouring out of it. Everyone... and I mean everyone... has eaten under it's ornate ceiling - Sarah Bernhardt, Jules Verne, Richard Strauss, Mahler, Picasso, Lautrec, Stravinsky...etc etc etc..<br />
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And finally in January I'll quickly point out a few more good bets. <br />
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On the 7th, you can come and headline in Paris!! That's right - <a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-list-of-best-jazz-bars-and-clubs-in.html">Duc Des Lombards</a> has their weekly jam session - bring your instrument and make some new musical friends<br />
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On the 9th, at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1GPCK_enCA371CA371&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=salle+pleyel+paris&fb=1&hq=salle+pleyel&hnear=Paris,+France&cid=0,0,15556030307197735540&ei=S9gPTajqHoO38gOEr6iFBw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQnwIwAQ">Salle Pleyel,</a> on the Champs Elysees, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIqmdi38_90">Michael Portal </a>is playing - that might be a beautiful gig<br />
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On the 11th, there's Jazz Manouche at <a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-list-of-best-jazz-bars-and-clubs-in.html">Baiser Sale</a>, Rocky Gresset and Gilles Naturel are swinging that one.<br />
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And here's a fabulous and quirky one - on January 22nd, at the<a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-outside-paris-jazz-club-event.html"> Dynamo</a>, there's a 'Fabulous Imaginary Cabaret' with the Les Musiques a Ouir. I won't even try and translate this wonderful description<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><i>"Wilkommen, welcome, bienvenue au cabaret free désinvolte, au music-hall déjanté, dadaïste et féérique, au moulin (rouge) du musette et de la chanson populaire recyclée rock !Brigitte Fontaine et Areski, Billie Holiday, Eric Lareine, Loïc Lantoine, Georges Brassens, Ferré, Dutronc, Boris Vian, les Clash ou Zizi Jeanmaire… "</i></div><div class="MsoNormal">I know where I'll be that night!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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December 11th the Musee de Quai Branly offers the next concert in their series<a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/ethno-jazz-in-paris-le-quai-branly-is.html"> 'Blue Indigo'</a> - Mike Reed's 'People's Places and Things'.<br />
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Here's Mike's group<br />
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If you're looking for a more traditional approach then le<a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/12/play-me-some-of-that-old-time-music.html"> Petit Journal de Montparnasse</a> is offering a selection of different styles - Dixieland, Big Band, Delta Jazz - all served up with the offer of either a full dinner and concert or a drink and the show. They are shuttered from the 24th till the 28th of December.<br />
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If you want to get out of the centre of town and check out a lovely jazz venue the you might want to see Vincent Courtois and Louis Sclavis, at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1GPCK_enCA371CA371&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=atelier+du+plateau+paris&fb=1&hq=atelier+du+plateau&hnear=Paris,+France&cid=0,0,9419557607207301716&ei=Tkf-TOSqM8238gOY6ciMCw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCQQnwIwAQ">Atelier du Plateau. </a> I had the pleasure of performing there a few years ago and it was a lovely quirky intimate space. Vincent is on Dec 17th, and it's only 12 euros.<br />
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Here is Louis Sclavis in Vienna<br />
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If you want to check out one of the downtown clubs, the <a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-list-of-best-jazz-bars-and-clubs-in.html">Duc Des Lombards </a>has a fine list of players. I'll probably check out Tamir Hendleman on the 13th of December. This Tel Aviv pianist represents a new generation of Israeli jazzmen and in this video he has one amazing touch<br />
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And finally, for the Paris Gypsy Jazz fans, there is a high profile concert at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1GPCK_enCA371CA371&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=paris+salle+pleyel&fb=1&hq=paris+salle+pleyel&hnear=paris+salle+pleyel&cid=0,0,15556030307197735540&ei=zkn-TLmyJYql8QPy1oCNCw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQnwIwAQ">Salle Pleyel</a>, 'No El Manouche a Pleyel', on the 22nd of December at 8pm. It features, for the real enthusiast, the great-grandson of Django Reinhardt himself, playing up his own version of the family's musical heritage. Tickets are 45 or 60 euros.<br />
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Well, I admit that a little bit of Gypsy Jazz guitar in Paris goes a long way for me. Maybe it's because I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the Gypsy jazz in the Paris venues and concert halls and cafes and bars and street corners and ack!!.... really it is possible all over Paris to hear 'iffy' players hacking through the legacy of Django Reinhardt. But a few places still do it well....<br />
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Jazz <span style="font-style: italic;">Manouche</span>, a la <a href="http://www.redhotjazz.com/django.html">Django Reinhardt</a>, is indeed all over the place in the city, but to be honest, it generally sits at around the <i>'ok'</i> to <i>'really not ok' </i>level of talent. Not that I don't love the actual sound when it works, but it's pretty rare to see someone recapture anything like the level of virtuosity & just plain fun of Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli in the '30's. (Alright, perhaps no one will ever equal Reinhardt's virtuoso power on the guitar). I made a special trip to see Django's grandson play his variety of Gypsy jazz guitar, and it was...well...it was somewhere around the<i> 'ok'</i> level. Maybe the problem is that when a band is trying to imitate this incredible sound that we all have in our ears, they always come up short.<br />
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But all gripes aside, one amazing and fun place to see this style of playing in Paris is La Chope des Puces in the north of the city. It's a great combination: an incredibly quirky neighbourhood that also just happens to be the Paris center for bargain shopping & antiques (<a href="http://www.marchesauxpuces.fr/">the largest flea market in the world!</a>)<br />
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& a traditional zinc cafe with (actual) gypsy guitarists who are obviously having a great time entertaining the crowd. They're really fine players who capture the style while putting on their own personal touch. I can happily while away the afternoon in this cafe.<br />
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The café is a shrine to Hot Jazz and Django--walls covered with photos, mementos & posters and no bandstand to speak of--guitarists perch where there's room. The bar isn't big, you're really in the players' laps as you cluster around the zinc counter. The place recently had a 're-do' so it is now a bit spacier (and pricier) than it was, but it still holds the same feeling.<br />
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To check out La Chope head for the last stop on line 4: metro Porte de Clignancourt on Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Follow the crowds for a five minute walk past the wall of Paris (ie the huge elevated highway that rings the city). Once you're in the madness of the flea market head up to <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1GPCK_enCA371CA371&q=122+rue+des+Rosiers+clignancourt&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl">122 rue des Rosiers</a> (NOT the rue des Rosiers in the centre of Paris).<br />
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for more about my work - visit <a href="http://www.bremnerduthie.com/">www.bremnerduthie.com </a> , or scroll down the page for jazz listing for Paris for December and some great other upcoming jazz gigs in Paris.A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-17435503506944674622010-12-02T00:08:00.042+00:002010-12-02T00:32:25.163+00:00Play me some of that old time music, boys.... Big Band Swing Jazz in Paris<a href="http://parislovesjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-list-of-best-jazz-bars-and-clubs-in.html">Le Petit Journal de Montparnasse</a> programs old time standards, small orchestras, blues bands, gospel singers and dixieland. No minimalist ECM long form free impro happening there. <br />
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Which, if you're into the first, and not into the second, is a very good thing. . On December 9th, at 9:30pm.... (well, this is Paris, where everything starts late...so say 'around 9.30pm') Claude Bolling will be bringing his spectacular Big Band to the stage to run through quite a few standards. <br />
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The funny thing, is that often the French are really better at preserving American traditions than the Americans... Respect for 'Tradition' (with a capital 'T') is so huge here in Francethat the French have no problem dedicating themselves to preserving this kind of music. They adore the new, but they never forget their traditions. And if they don't swing quite as hard as the original, well, they give it their all and they look like they're having a lot of fun.<br />
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Here they are working their way through one of my fav's - Benny Goodman's 'Flying Home'. <br />
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Show and dinner is 70 euros, or just a drink and the show is 25 euros, and there's a youth price of 15 for a single drink and the show.<br />
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And if you go, drop us a line afterwards and tell us how it is... I'll probably be down the street watching a long form minimalist ECM free impro...A singer in Parishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356626614672257443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23889076.post-88993655043973927902010-12-01T08:11:00.000+00:002010-12-01T08:11:40.233+00:00Jazz in St. Germain - a weekly event at the Hotel D'Aubusson<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Well, I'm not much for smooth jazz, but these two have a lovely sound and technique, and if one is going to be relaxed and calmed by beautiful sounds in a lovely environment, there is not much better place then the centre of St. Germain de Pres, in the centre of Paris. (St. Germain is really the heart of 'perfect Paris'... it is another world from where I live way up in the north of the city, on the other side of Sacre Coeur. Up here we talk about going 'into Paris', - a ten minute trip - when we need go to St. Germain)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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