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Talkabout What’S New in Music, Motoring, Technology, Retail and Books MUSIC Talkabout What’s new in music, motoring, technology, retail and books. The City of v !"# MUSIC / FROM AUSTRALIA WITH JAZZ v !#$ SPACE / ASTRONAUTS DOWN TO EARTH Light has long v !$" WATCHES / CARTIER’S ICONIC TANK been a siren v !%& BRIGHT IDEAS / MOVEMBER for those with v !%$ MOTORING / FORD FOCUS ST HATCH jazz in their v !%' TECHNOLOGY / CLOUD MUSIC v !%( BOOKS/ READ ALL ABOUT THEM veins. A new v !'& MOST WANTED / LUXURY MUST!HAVES generation of Australian musicians now calls Paris and its hot jazz clubs home. PARIS Violinist LE JAZZ Melissa Cox WORDS RUBY BOUKABOU PHOTOGRAPHY CARLA COULSON & NOVEMBER "#$" QANTAS !"$ TALKABOUT MUSIC TO THIS DAY, PARISIANS HAVE A STRONG APPRECIATION OF LIVE MUSIC, GENEROUSLY THROWING EUROS INTO A HAT ! A COMMON PRACTICE IN PARIS BARS more famous for its architecture and IT MAY BE art, but no trip to Paris is complete without taking in some jazz. Options range from the once smoky and still-crowded clubs of St-Michel and St-Germain-des-Prés in the Latin Quarter to the more sophisticated establishments of Rue des Lombards in the 1st arrondissement. For something a little more spontaneous, jazz lovers seek out one of the many bars and brasseries in the 20th. Among the internationals on the scene are some highly respected Australian musicians. But then, jazz in Paris has always been something of a multicultural affair. It was first introduced during World War I by African-American soldiers, many of whom played in army bands. Embraced by the French, they received recognition and respect unimaginable in the US, where they still had to use backdoor entrances to the clubs they played. In the 1920s, US jazz clarinettist Sidney Bechet became famous in Paris, as did singer and dancer Josephine Baker. French writers and critics became huge supporters of the new sound and in 1934 the Quintette du Hot Club de France, featuring Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and French violinist Stéphane Grapelli, was born. The French answer to American jazz, the band recorded prolifically and became world-famous. African and Arab influences, a legacy of French colonialism, added to the diversity. After WWII, Miles Davis, Kenny Clarke, Bud Powell and Dexter Gordon visited Paris, influencing another generation of French jazz musicians. Clarke and Powell stayed. To this day, Parisians have a strong appreciation of live music, generously throwing euros into a hat – a common practice in Paris bars From top; – while unemployed musicians are supported through the Intermittent Sidney Bechet, du Spectacle system, a government benefits scheme that helps them 1935; Caveau des survive between gigs and indirectly assists in the creation of new work. Legendes jazz club; Josephine Paris offers dozens of jazz concerts nightly, in all kinds of styles. Pick SIDNEY BECHET & JOSEPHINE BAKER PHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES Baker, 1926 up a copy of listings guide Lylo or visit www.lylo.fr to learn more. U NOVEMBER "#$" QANTAS !"' MUSIC TALKABOUT HERE, SIX AUSTRALIANS FIRMLY ENSCONCED IN THE JAZZ NETWORK SHARE THEIR STORIES & FAVOURITE PARIS STAGES. ALEX STUART GUITAR In 2005, packing an Australian National University School of Music jazz degree and a new album, Alex Stuart arrived in Paris. He’d lived there for four years as a child and again while travelling at 19, but this time planned to stay and forge a career in jazz. Having won the most prestigious French jazz award, the Jazz à Juan Révélations, in 2011, the 29-year-old is doing just that. “I had decided after I finished my album, this was the place to be,” says Stuart over a SÉBASTIEN GIRARDOT drink at La Sardine in Place Sainte Marthe DOUBLE BASS in the 10th arrondissement. “I’d considered Sébastien Girardot is perched on the New York, but decided on Paris because of terrace of a bar in swank Saint-Germain- the diversity of the jazz and proximity to des-Près. “This is a great place to talk world music. There is a lot of immigration about jazz,” he says, pointing across the that infuses the French jazz scene with vari- street to Hotel Louisiane. “This is where ous mixes. I was in love with the city itself: all the American musicians used to stay the food, the wine, the respect for culture.” – Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday. campus of the University of London, he At the beginning, Stuart and Tim Willis, Miles Davis lived here for six months or supported himself by gigging around a fellow expat who came with him, accepted so and there were about eight jazz clubs town. Upon graduating, he realised he a gig for free beers and a meal. He has since around the corner.” had clocked up enough hours to qualify explored multiple genres and now plays with Girardot, 32, grew up in Melbourne, for Intermittent du Spectacle status and a variety of performers and bands. “The level but is half-French, great-nephew to the decided it was as good a career as any. is so high here – it’s raised my game.” famous French singer Lily Pons, who His current band with clarinettist Stuart has played at most of the city’s sung the French national anthem La Evan Christopher he describes as better jazz venues including Studio de Marseillaise next to Charles de Gaulle “Django à la Créole”. Its album Finesse l’Ermitage and Sunset-Sunside, the latter when France was liberated at the end of was named jazz album of the year in of which is his favourite for the calibre of WWII. At 18, he was invited to play 2010 by The Sunday Times. “modern jazz-fusion and groove groups” it double bass on a European tour with the “The music is so diverse in Paris,” says attracts. Sure, he misses the ocean and feels Louisiana Shakers, a New Orleans-style Girardot. “If you want to find a Cuban claustrophobic at times, but while Australia band from Melbourne. He felt a deep drummer or a seven-string Brazilian is still home, “the future feels like France”. connection to Paris and decided to stay guitar player, you can.” BASTIEN GIRARDOT PHOTOGRAPHY: CHRISTOPHE BRACHET É www.alexstuart.tk put. Completing a degree at the Paris www.sebastiengirardot.com U S !") QANTAS NOVEMBER "#$" MUSIC TALKABOUT “TWENTY YEARS LATER, HE HAS EARNED A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE BEST PIANISTS IN THE CITY” WENDY LEE TAYLOR VOCALS Beneath chandeliers, a full house of well- dressed Parisians and delighted tourists are being served Champagne and foie gras. The curtains open to reveal a six-piece band, which breaks into a brassy rendition of Herbie Hancock’s Cantaloupe Island. Front and centre is a tall redhead with a full-length black gown and a winning smile. She is Wendy Lee Taylor and the setting is the Lido on the Champs-Élysées. “I have a great life,” says the 41-year-old singer. “I work at one of the most famous CHRIS CODY job was playing piano in a little bar in cabaret clubs in the world and have my days PIANO Les Halles, where he was also expected free for musical and personal projects.” Chris Cody fell under Paris’ spell at an to sing. “I’m not a singer,” says the Born in Melbourne, Taylor enrolled in early age. His mother, a French teacher, 47-year-old. “I had to learn My Funny university to study languages, but left after listened to the chansons of Jacques Valentine in a few days. I forgot the a year when offered a professional perform- Brel, Edith Piaf and Georges Brassens, words, so I just made them up and ing contract in Japan. Following that, she and houseguests included a university hoped the audience wouldn’t notice.” sang and tap-danced her way through the professor who taught French and also Twenty years later, he has earned a Australian production of 42nd Street. played jazz piano, particularly Fats reputation as one of the best pianists in Another musical she’d been cast in was Waller. With the discovery of Sartre, the city, playing alongside Rhoda Scott canned, so a friend suggested that she send Camus and existentialism at 16, Paris and Glenn Ferris (trombonist for the her CV to the Lido in Paris “because they was confirmed as a destination. “This late Frank Zappa and Stevie Wonder). love tall dancers”. She was offered a contract. literature spoke to me like nothing else His jazz skilfully fuses modern, classi- Taylor hasn’t looked back. She has released had. I formulated a dream of being a cal and North African influences, and two albums with her quartet – Let’s Do It pianist on the Left Bank in Paris.” he can be found performing in some of (2006), which features Chris Cody on piano, Cody studied French and music at the best jazz venues including Caveau and All You Have To Do (2011) – and has now the University of Sydney before mov- des Legendes and Duc des Lombards. been the Lido’s resident singer for a decade. ing on to the Sydney Conservatorium While he misses the sunlight of “After the Lido, I’ll often go and sing at the of Music. During this time he met Australia, Cody feels right at home. Caveau des Legendes in St-Germain- instrumentalist David Lewis, who was “Hearing Miles Davis played down the des-Près. It’s a gorgeous cabaret/jazz club already living in Paris. Spurred on by aisles of a supermarket in Paris is still featuring top Paris and international talent.” Lewis’ musical tales, Cody bought a pretty damn cool.” www.wendyleetaylor.com one-way ticket there in 1990. His first www.chriscody.com U WENDY PHOTOGRAPHY: LEE TAYLOR RUBY BOUKABOU !#& QANTAS NOVEMBER "#$" PARISMUSIC J TALKABOUTAZZ TALKABOUT JAZZ CLUBS &'( )*+,*&'( 14 Rue des Panoyaux.
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