It's August in Paris...half the city is closed & the other half is dazed. My internet connection seems to be alternating between those two states...fortunately, there's some great stuff coming up this month despite the summer hiatus. This week, I might finally get to a venue I've been meaning to visit: the small Cafe Select, over near metro St-Georges (37 rue des Martyrs 01.53.20.00.67)--there's the Lionel Boccara trio tonight at 9pm, free entry. On Friday & Saturday, Ricardo Nogueira is leading samba at Le Blue Note (14 rue Muller in my 'hood of the 18th)--and if you need more samba after that, on Sunday the Babilo (9 rue du Baigneur, also in the 'hood) hosts the Brazil jam session, starting at 6pm (really, that's the time they list! but don't worry about being punctual.) I was sorry to miss last night's Yerba Buena at New Morning, so if anyone was there, let me know how it was. But I'm booking tickets for later in the month to see "A Love Supreme", a play about the death of John Coltrane. Why see it? Because it's based on a short story by Emmanuel Dongala, the brilliant Congolese author, and the theatre piece includes some great musicians like Sebastien Jarousse on tenor sax. It's happening up at Parc de la Villette in the newly-renovated performance space Le Tarmac (01.40.03.93.95).
Small note: though Sunset is closed for August, Sunside soldiers on, as does Duc des Lombards.
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