Jazz /piano/live music ideas
 

We are staying on Cardinal Limione near Jussieu in the beginning of May and are looking for some evening entertainment. We are not SRO/the more crowded the better people. Looking for jazz or piano or some live music with casual atmosphere. Fun place, but not a 'trendy' crowd. Any suggestions or personal experiences?

Hey JAF, we are staying in Paris in July and will be looking for the same things. A search for "jazz" on the board will reveal some really good ideas for you. We will be visiting Caveau de la Huchette and other jazz places in the 6th. Let us know about your experiences when you get back OK?

Try a Web search for New Morning.

Hi,

These have gotten good reviews:

Caveau de la Huchette 5 rue de la Huchette from 21:45 daily 10.5E cover Fri, Sat 13E Show at 22:15 in basement

Caveau des Oubliettes 52 rue de Galande at corner of R. St. Julien Daily concerts start at 22:00 in the basement
No Cover charge 1 drink min

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The New Morning Jazz Club
7-9 rue des Petites Ecuries (10th arrondissement) Metro: Chateau d'Eau,
reservations:01 45 23 51 41 - This well known club, celebrated it's 20th
year of existance in Paris in November 2001. Sometimes thought of as the
place for jazz, Latin music, and blues in Paris

DucDesLombards
42, rue des Lombards (1st arr.) Metro:Chatelet Some of the best French jazz
players can be heard here.

Baiser Sale
58 rue des Lombards (1st arr.) Metro: Chatelet reservation: 01.42.33.37.71.

Small ambiant club know for it's mostly Latin or Afro Jazz.

Sunside (Sunset)
60, rue des Lombards (1st arr.)Métro: Châtelet, les Halles. reservation :
01.40.26.21.25.
Another celler of jazz, that attracts French and American jazz artists.
Petit Opportun
15, rue des Lavandières-Sainte-Opportune (1st arr.)Métro: Châtelet.
reservation: 01.42.36.01.36. Jazz celler of instermental variety:New Orleans
sounds and bebop.


Slow Club
130, rue de Rivoli (1er arr.) Métro: Châtelet, Pont-Neuf.
reservation: 01.42.33.84.30.


7 Lézards
10 rue Rosiers, (4th arr.)(Sunday jam sessions)

Caveau de la Huchette
5 rue de la Huchette (5th) 01 43 26 65 05 Metrot.Michel
Jazz club located in a medieval cellar filled with great sound and
comfortable atmosphere.

Le Caveau des Oubliettes
52 rue Galande, (5th arr.)---SUN thru WED

Petit Journal Saint-Michel
71, bd Saint-Michel (5th arr.)Métro: Luxembourg. reservation:
01.43.26.28.59.

Hippocampus

81, bd Raspail (6th arr.)Métro: Saint-Placide, Sèvres-Babylone.
reservation: 01.45.48.10.03.
La Nouvelle Eve
25, rue Fontaine (9th arr.)Métro: Blanche. reservation : 01.47.70.51.22.


Le Poulfanc
310, rue de Charenton (12th arr.) Métro: Dugommier, Porte-de-Charenton.
reservation : 01.44.75.01.55.


Melody Blues
quai de Bercy (12th arr.) Metro Cour-Saint-Emilion, weekly Wednesday night
jazz.

Guinguette pirate
quai de la Gare (13th arr.)Métro: Quai-de-la-Gare. reservation :
01.56.29.10.20. variety, jazz, rock, world eclectic sounds.


Utopia
79 rue de l'Ouest (14th arr.) Metroernety
reservations: 01 43 22 79 66

Petit Journal Montparnasse
13, rue du Commandant-René-Mouchotte (14th arr.) Métro: Gaîté,
Montparnasse-Bienvenüe. Reservations: 01.43.21.56.70.


Jazz Club Lionel-Hampton
81, bd Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (17th arr.) Métro: Porte-Maillot. Reservations:
01.40.68.30.42.
Mostly American play in a sumptuous hotel bar.

Studio des Islettes
10 rue des Islettes, (18th arr.) SUN thru THUR (Wed. singers only)

Bab-ilo
9, rue du Baigneur (18th arr.)Métro: Jules-Joffrin.
reservation : 01.42.23.99.19.
Autour de midi et minuit

11, rue Lepic (18th arr.) Métro: Blanche. reservation : 01.55.79.16.48.


Le Houdon

5, rue des Abbesses (18th arr.)Métro: Abbesses. reservation : 01.46.06.35.91

Falaises

27, rue Germain Pilon (18th arr.) Métro: Abbesses, Pigalle.
reservation : 01.46.06.31.93.

Le Divan du Monde
75 rue des Martyrs (18th arr.) Métro: Pigalle. reservations: 01 44 92 77 66
Open: Daily
Great live World Music.

La Flèche d'Or
102 rue de Bagnolet (20th arr.) Métro:Alexandre Dumas
reservation: 01 43 72 04 23
A former railway station.
Quai Du Blues

17 bd Vital Bouhot 95-Neuilly-sur-Seine 01 46 24 22 00

A friend in Paris is a drummer and he loves the New morning.

You can try Caveau de la Huchette but when I was there, it definitely was crowded and SRO (and wasn't typical jazz, more like swing or Dixieland or something). There is a cover charge, also, but it's not bad.

YOu can try Au Trois Mailletz on rue Galande in the 5th(which is very short, can't miss it). It is casual, no cover cafe--just sit down and order something to eat or drink and the entertainment is free and casual (in the evenings). They have a couple different people who sing or play there, pianist and a female singer (maybe more other nights, don't know). The female singer mainly did opera, as I recall. It was eclectic and while I didn't find it really that good (nor the songs she chose to sing programmed very well, although she had a good voice), it was casual and free, in any case, so no harm in dropping by.

OK guys, what's SRO?? If you wanted to sit down at Caveau de la Huchette what time would you go, Christina?

SRO = standing room only

Thanx Christina for your first hand report. I will definately stop by.

Cigalechanta: Have you been to any of the places you listed? Any first hand reviews?

Hi JAF,

I haven't been to any of the clubs Cigale listed (well, maybe one of them 15 years ago) and yet I can tell you with near 100 percent (arrogant?) confidence that the best jazz will be at New Morning and the Duc de Lombards. Many of the others mentioned belong to the "jazz history" of Paris and may be of some interest for that reason. While you're here, yopu might also want to listen to 89.90 FM, an excellent jazz station.

I second everything Christina said about Au Trois Mailletz. We saw a couple of different pianists and singers in the course of an hour or two. We ended up there one night after finding it too crowded at Caveau des Oubliettes and Caveau de la Huchette. All three are within two or three blocks of each other.

I would have liked to stay at Caveau des Oubliettes if we could have gotten seats. There was a jam session with volunteers from the audience and it seemed like a fun atmosphere. Next time I would try to get there early.

I went to Caveau de la Huchette once a few years ago and it was mostly a dance floor. We got seats by arriving before the music began (9:30? 10?). Fun to watch the dancers, and the music that night was indeed swing.

I also second Dave in Paris's suggestion about listening to the jazz station 89.9, which is available at www.tsfjazz.com. I listen to it at home while I use the computer. At their website, under Jazzenda, there is a schedule of jazz music at Paris clubs.

>..wasn't typical jazz, more like swing or Dixieland or something). <

Oh, sigh. Louis and Jelly Roll and Duke and Count and Dizzy and Charley and Ella and Fats, where are you?

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sorry, Ira, I can see that folks who really like that style wouldn't like my choice of words, but I hope people understand that this is not the same kind of jazz that many people may go to clubs to hear or expect. I do like some modern jazz or fusion (espec. sax), but am not a real jazz buff, I admite. I didn't personally care for the stuff they played in this club that much and it seemed to be better for swing dancing than just listening. I believe they do label it Dixieland/swing in their ad postings.

I'm really out of it, I like guys like Jean Luc Ponty or John Klemmer (and some jazz pianists). I also like what is called female jazz vocalists (which isn't always that jazzy), but I don't know if they ever have anything like that at Caveau dlH.

Anyway, as for when to get there to get a seat? geez, I don't know, as early as possible, probably as soon as it opened or shortly thereafter (it opens at 9:30 pm). I didn't get there that late and it was already full--I'm pretty sure I got there by 11.

On my first visit to Paris (Christmas/New Year's 2000/2001) a French friend took me to Le Sunset on the rue des Lombards. It was in the cellar of Le Sunside, then known as Le Sunrise (both clubs are owned by the same man). We arrived early, in time for the first set, and found ourselves in a charming (and small) space with a bar as one entered and little, almost doll-house like tables and chairs surrounding a rectangular bandstand. The cover charge included one drink. The musicians that night were well-known in France and comprised a trio of Hammond B-3 organ, drums, and guitar. The audience was attentive and the atmosphere what I think of as almost concert-like, respectful to the players, with talking at a minimum when it was audible at all. The waitress was attentive, but unobtrusive, and delivered drinks with a minimum of fuss. If I hadn't had to be concerned about getting back to my hotel in the 11th after the Metro had stopped running, we would have stayed through the last set!

And yes, French jazz is not exactly like what Americans expect. But that's not necessarily bad--just different.

Dixieland is very big in Paris. Just watch "Wildman Blues"--the Woody Allen documentary by Barbara Kopple to get a little idea there. I loved his comment: "I love Paris because it's always grey here!"

This is probably a long shot to see if JAF88 is still on the boards but if you are, please respond to this message. My question is regarding the VRBO you stayed at, particularly #44863.