Paris Jazz Clubs
 

Will be staying in Paris in the 1st in early February. Found recommendations online for the following Jazz Clubs: DucDesLombards; Baiser Sale; Sunside; Petit Opportun; and Slow Club. Any feedback or other recommendations? Thanks for your help!

I'm not sure if this is still a good e-mail address, but you might try contacting them for info on jazz while you are in Paris. Hope it helps!

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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.
I think I read recently that the Sunside closed.

I'll second Les Sept Lezard, and not just the Sunday jam sessions. This place swings seven nights a week!

http://7lezards.com/

Website now in English also:
http://7lezards.com/welcome.htm

I just read somewhere that there was a fire at Sunside/Sunset and they are closed for repairs.

You can find listings for jazz in Paris at www.tsfjazz.com, a radio station. Click on Jazzenda for a schedule.

This is the web page with links to online French radio stations:

http://www.bonjourparis.com/pages/radio.php

I can vouch for:
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.

Loved the local in the latin quarter. Went to a local greek restaurant and then was told by a local to hit this jazz club. I liked it for the atmosphere. Very unpretentious, mix of locals and tourists. Many regulars there. A lot of dancers doing the "rock and roll" to Bee-bop jazz. Rock and roll is similar to swing in america. My Mom and I went together and if you are woman traveling alone expect you will have parisian men asking you to dance. Lots of fun!

I agree with wtggirl on Caveau de la Huchette. We happened upon in while in Paris this past December. Totally relaxed and definitely full of regulars that LOVE to dance. It even inspired my husband and I to dance to a slow song. Lots of fun. $10e cover.

oops, didn't mean to put the dollar sign in front of a euro amount!

ekc,
My husband and I went to Le Bilboquet on the rue Saint Benoît last year and really enjoyed it.

Le Bilboquet
13 RUE SAINT BENOIT 75006
tel: 01 45 48 81 84

If you go there, I would suggest eating dinner there, as I'm sure the people eating dinner had more comfortable seats than we did, though it was still fun. The group that played was incredible. They began at 22:00 and played 3 hour long sets.

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/paris/N25190.html

Sandy