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The Paris Jazz Festival is the flagship of the Musical Summer at Parc Floral, a global event including young audience festival Pestacles and classical music festival Classique au Vert. The Paris Jazz Festival opens its doors every Saturday and Sunday afternoon in June and July.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café is a series of nu-jazz compilations distributed by Wagram Music. Its name evokes the cafés of the area in Paris associated with the existentialism movement. As of 2016 [update] the series includes eighteen volumes, and has sold more than 950,000 copies worldwide.
The Festival International de Jazz (popularly the Paris Jazz Fair) was begun in 1948 and was put on by the Hot Club; Charles Delaunay was the founder. [33] It ran again in 1948, 1952, and 1954. The first festival featured Coleman Hawkins, Kenny Clarke, John Lewis, Erroll Garner, and Howard McGhee, among other artists.
"Afternoon in Paris" is a 1949 jazz standard.It was written by John Lewis. [1]"Afternoon in Paris" has a 32-bar AABA form and is usually played in the key of C major.In several of the song's phrases, the tonal center changes (when played in C, there is a shift to B ♭ and A ♭), defining a complex harmonic structure that is of interest to both theoreticians and soloists.
Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés was founded in 2001 by Joël Le Roy, Frédéric Charbaut, and Donatienne Hantin. [1] It has been held annually in May (and early June) in the traditional intellectual district Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the surroundings on the left bank of the river Seine in Paris.
Midnight in Paris is a 2011 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starred Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Marion Cotillard.The film featured no original music, but mostly incidental source music from the 1920s French jazz music, which Allen had used as an integral part of the film, similar to his previous ventures. [1]
The following is a list of notable jazz clubs in Paris, past and present. The 7 Lézards (closed) Les Associés; Autour de midi et minuit; Le Baiser Salé; fr:Bal Nègre (closed) Le Blue Note [1] Blues Bar [1] Le Bœuf sur le toit; The Caméléon; La Cave du 38 Riv' Le Caveau de la Huchette; The Caveau des Oubliettes; The Chapelle des Lombards ...
The Paris Concert: Edition One is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded in Paris, France in 1979 and originally released on the Elektra/Musician label. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Additional recordings from this concert were released as The Paris Concert: Edition Two .