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Who are we?

Our team is comprised of journalists, scholars, translators, writers… Our strength is our experience of the jazz circuits in France, Europe and the USA.

Contact   SPIRIT OF JAZZ ASSOCIATION   Representatives : Jean Szlamowicz & Jérôme Partage   265, rue de Belleville   75019 Paris   FRANCE   Tél. : +33 (0)6 71 48 72 86   e-mail : mail@spiritofjazz.fr

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What we do

» Concerts

» Lectures

SPIRIT OF JAZZ offers jazz lectures, in French or English, on many topics, whether historical or thematic. Lectures use sound and video equipment. Some of the lectures that have taken place are about:
- Jazz and literature
- Jazz, wine and cuisine
- Jazz and the movies
- Jazz slang
- Jazz improvisation
- Jazz in Paris
- Jazz in Harlem
- The jazz story of Boris Vian
- Charlie Parker
- Django Reinhardt
- John Coltrane, etc.

Interacting with the audience, presenting the music through the very words of the musicians, we also host live interviews.

» Artistic consulting

SPIRIT OF JAZZ provides jazz programming for festivals, local administrations, concert halls, clubs, corporations who want to hire musicians. For a night or a complete cultural season, a monthly programme or a special event, we can find the right music for the right budget.

» Booking/Management

SPIRIT OF JAZZ has created a booking & management section : J.JAZZ PRODUCTIONS.

www.jjazzproductions.com

Our goal is to promote jazz in France

Throughout the XXth century, jazz has been enthusiastically appreciated in Europe. Many American musicians chose to settle down in France, sometimes for a while, sometimes for ever. Many jazz magazines were created, some very early in the history of jazz like the French Jazz Hot in 1935 or Jazz Journal International in England. Finally, the huge number of summer festivals shows how deeply embedded in the cultural circuit jazz is.

And yet, although jazz benefits from a positive image, it remains under-estimated. The word jazz is often used and often misused or even co-opted to promote other types of music.
For us, jazz is a deep cultural force that deserves to be better know for the sheer power of its history and its aesthetic and philosophical values.

Jazz was at the forefront of historical events in the XXth century. The Harlem Renaissance, the aftermath of World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, Katrina - jazz was always there as a force of life and emancipation. It has always stood as a music that ultimately was concerned with struggle and freedom, guided by a light that was both spiritual and joyful.

Jazz has gained universal acceptance. It has spread throughout the world but remains deeply American, fostering all the major musical developments of the past hundred years. Even classical music was touched by its rhythmic concept, its colours and improvisational liveliness.

But the roots of jazz are definitely to be found in the blues. Despite all its rhythmical of expressive variations (gospel, hard-bop, “gypsy”, rhythm and blues, funk…), jazz has kept reinventing itself through the blues.

SPIRIT OF JAZZ has chosen to promote authentic creative artists whose dynamic take on tradition makes jazz the ever forward-thinking music it is.