The characteristic of French jazz is that it is open to other forms of music (electro, african, oriental) and very creative.

A typical form of this creative influence on jazz is "gipsy-jazz" (jazz manouche), illustrated in the 1940s by Django Reinhardt (guitar) and Stéphane Grapelli (violin) with the Hot Club de France.

Today, famous French jazzmen include Didier Lockwood (violin), Martial Solal (piano), Jean-Luc Ponty (violin), Michel Portal (clarinet), Claude Bolling (piano), Michel Edelin (flute), Dany Doriz (vibs), etc...

Nowadays, you can find jazz clubs that reflect all sorts of taste, from Dixieland to fusion, from blues to world music. Many of these clubs are listed in the weekly entertainment guide Le Pariscope which you can pick up at any newsstand.

If you plan on being in town for a while, check out www.parisjazzclub.net If you join this association, you’ll receive special admission to jazz events at three major jazz clubs, Duc des Lombards, Le Baiser Salé and Sunset/Sunside.

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Some popular jazz clubs

Le Petit Journal Monparnasse, 13 Rue du Commandant Mouchotte, Metro: Gaite. 

Petit Journal Saint-Michel , 71, Blvd. Saint Michel,  Metro: RER B Luxembourg 5eme.

Le Baiser Salé, 58 Rue des Lombards, Metro: Chatelet 1ere . 

The New Morning, 7-9 Rue des Petites Ecuries, Metro: Chateau d’Eau 10eme.   

Le Duc des Lombards, 42 Rue des Lombards 1ere, open 19h30 à 3h (5h le week-end). Closed every other Sunday. Concerts start at 9 pm. Métro : Les Halles, Chatelet  

Sunset/Sunside, 60 rue des Lombards, Metro: Chatelet 1ere.

Le Caveau de la Huchette, 5 rue de la Huchette, 5eme, Métro : Saint-Michel

Le Caveau des oubliettes 52 rue Galande, Paris 5th – M° Saint Michel – www.caveaudesoubliettes.fr

Jazz club Lionel Hampton hôtel Le Méridien Étoile 81 bd Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Paris 17th – M° Porte Maillot – www.jazzclub-paris.com

Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés www.festivaljazzsaintgermainparis.com

Jazz Nomade aux Bouffes du Nord 37 bis bd de la Chapelle,

Paris 10th – M° La Chapelle – www.jazznomades.net

Paris is full of great Jazz clubs where you can spend an evening listening to music and drinking.  It’s love affair with jazz, may have something to do with its liberation at the end of World War II.

After four years of desolation and constraint, the strains of jazz arrived from America, with waving flags, and dancing in the streets.