A quiet week (before things get hopping mid-June with the La Defense Jazz fest, among other goodies)...so why not take some time to check out the multitude of free weekly jams in the city? Here's a quick run-down: Every Wednesday, there's a jam at Autour de Midi...et Minuit, with the hard-working Hiroshi Murayama. [11 rue Lepic, metro Blanche, starts about 9:30pm] Or pop by the vocal jam run by Catia Werneck at the Baiser Sale. Sundays from 6pm, there's a samba-bossa-jazz jam hosted by Sorriso and Reginaldo at the Babilo [9 rue du Baigneur, metro Jules Joffrin]. And every Tuesday, you can drop by the Cafe Universel for vocal jams or the Sunside.
Now, in a different category of 'jam night', this Thursday is Véronique Bossong's last night as owner of the famous Duc de Lombards...and to celebrate Vero's 23-year-run, she'll be hosting a jam featuring some of her friends & most frequent players at the club. Should be excellent...and it's a chance to say "au revoir" and hear about new owner Gérard Brémond's upcoming plans.
Meanwhile, on Saturday I'll be listening to two jazz bands at the flea market...Frohn & Taranta Babu, starting at 8pm at the Picolo--one of my fave neighborhood haunts, you can eat here, drink here, & get your fortune told, before the bands get going...wander into the antiques part of the flea market & ask one of the vendors, they'll explain how to find the place [only 5 euros, 58 rue Jules Valles, in the "Puces de Clignancourt/St-Ouen", metro Porte de Clignancourt]
Also going on until Saturday: the "bande originale" festival...movie music at the Divan du Monde. More info here so if you feel like going out on Friday, the Divan on rue des Martyrs, just above the boulevard (metro Pigalle) might be just the ticket!
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