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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. Concerts, workshops, attractions and exhibitions are accessible ...
The Hot Club de France (or HCF) is a French organization of jazz fans dedicated to the promotion of "traditional" jazz, swing, and blues. It was founded in 1931 in Paris, France, by five students of the Lycée Carnot. [1] In 1928, Jacques Bureaux, Hugues Panassié, Charles Delaunay, Jacques Auxenfans, and Elvin Dirat came together to listen to ...
The Charlie Jazz Festival is an annual music festival held every summer in Vitrolles, Provence, France. It was established in 1998 by Charlie Free, a not-for-profit jazz organization which runs jazz sessions every two weeks at Le Moulin à Jazz, a famous jazz club in France. The festival is hosted at Le Domaine de Fontblanche, a public garden ...
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, whose members were white, were the first jazz group to record, and Bix Beiderbecke was one of the most prominent jazz soloists of the 1920s. [29] The Chicago Style was developed by white musicians such as Eddie Condon , Bud Freeman , Jimmy McPartland , and Dave Tough .
Nice Jazz Festival. The Nice Jazz Festival (/ niːs /, NEESS), held annually since 1948 in Nice, on the French Riviera, is "the first jazz festival of international significance." [1] At the inaugural festival, Louis Armstrong and his All Stars were the headliners. [2][3] Frommer's calls it "the biggest, flashiest, and most prestigious jazz ...
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. Similarly, the violin, and to an extent the guitar, were ...
Jazz Radio. Jazz Radio (formerly Fréquence Jazz) is a French radio station dedicated to jazz and soul that started in 1996. Jazz Radio is based in Lyon, France, and broadcasts with around 45 frequencies throughout France and Monaco. [1]
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1948.. The Nice Jazz Festival held annually since February 25, 1948 in Nice, on the French Riviera.Also in 1948, Louis Armstrong formed the first version of the Jazz All Stars with Jack Teagarden on trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Dick Carey on piano, Sid Catlett on drums and Arvell Shaw on bass.