Volunteered Slaves

Cette semaine...it's supposed to rain, which should cool the city off a bit, making the outdoor events on the weekend a little more bearable! The Paris Jazz Festival wraps up this weekend, and the Arenes du Jazz is on as well (see previous posting for more info on that)

Starting tonight (Wednesday) and playing through to Saturday the 29th is Olivier Temime et the Volunteered Slaves. Saxophoniste Temime has three albums (last year's 'Streetwise' on Nocturne got lots of great press), a wide-ranging slew of funky influences, & a sense of humour--the musicians got together first at the jazz fest of Marciac. oh, and in case you're wondering, the name is a Roland Kirk reference. (Duc des Lombards, 42 rue des Lombards, metro Les Halles. door: 19 euros, show starts sometime around 10pm)

Philippe Lucas is doing a Frank Sinatra tribute at the Caveau de la Huchette, Thursday through Saturday (call for more info, like what time he's actually on, what the cover is...01.43.26.65.05)

Note: The Sunset is closed until the end of August (so is the Petit Journal Montparnasse & Saint-Michel).

New Morning is continuing with its "Festival All Stars" through to August 4th--the idea comes from the fact that there are all kinds of great American players wandering through France in the summer, so New Morning is booking them when they hit Paris. See their website for details.

Meanwhile, on the world-jazz side of things, I'm tempted to check out two different addresses in my 'hood (partly because then I won't have to take the steamy metro anywhere): first, there's Kaky Duo (Algerian chaabi) at the Bab-ilo, 9 rue du Baigneur (metro Jules Joffrin, Friday, July 28th, 10pm); next, there's Marcello Ferreira (samba) at Le Blue Note, 14 rue Muller (metro Anvers, Friday & Saturday, 10pm)