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The Paris Jazz Festival
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 | Main events, Uncategorized | No Comments
You are on holiday in Paris this summer, and looking for some entertainment? To make the most of the weather and take your mind off things, go to the Bois de Vincennes to the east of Paris. This big park in the English landscape manner, organizes annually a summer jazz festival.
Every week-end from June 11th to July 31st, jazz music is king at the Parc Floral de Paris – Vincennes. During this 18th edition of “Paris Jazz Festival”, the concerts presented on the main stage will develop a wealth of stylistic themes: every week-end, famous jazz bands will play a concert for you, and introduce you to various sounds from the United States, Europe, Middle East or Africa. Come listen to “le Jazz au cirque”, which combines music with acrobatics or “Latin Jazz” who will captivate you with its sounds and rhythms from the Carribean. If you like the piano, don’t miss the opening concert “Pianissimo!” a tribute to the royal instrument!
During this event, the Park will be turn into a huge showroom where works of art will be exhibited. Some animations will also be organized in the open air. With family or friends, let’s have a good time listening to jazz music!
Find an hotel in Paris Vincennes:
Hotel Best Western Saint Louis***
Jazz Festival in Saint Germain celebrates its 10th anniversary
Friday, May 21st, 2010 | Main events, Uncategorized | No Comments
A mythical programmation to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of “Jazz à Saint Germain”
Last week, the Saint Germain des Prés Jazz festival has opened its doors for more than thirty concerts in the very smart, 5th, 6th, and 7th arrondissements of Paris: fifteen days to revive this mythical district, cradle of the European jazz still haunted by the shadows of Boris Vian, the BeBop and the young Juliette Greco.
For its 10th birthday, the festival offers a first choice programming that will mix, just as usual, great names of Jazz and young talents. Richard Galliano, sponsor of this 10th Edition, will open the festival at the Odeon Theatre in the company of his sextet, for a concert which promises to be amazing: Johann Sebastian Bach / Astor Piazzolla / Richard Galliano.
The show will continue among emblematic places of the “Rive gauche” (left bank) with artists as diverse as the drummer André Cecarelli, the Quebecker songwriter Terez Montcalm and the pianists Bojan Z, Jacky Terrasson, and Yaron Herman. › Continue reading
