THE BLAKETTES

THE BLAKETTES“The Art Blakey Women's Band” A female jazz orchestra, founded by Moïra Montier-Dauriac, a Parisian double bassist.

THE BLAKETTES honor the founding fathers and mothers of Hard Bop, a genre of music that is as energetic as it is romantic.Thanks to the multitude of exceptional composers, arrangers, and performers of the era,Thanks to the multitude of exceptional composers, arrangers, and performers ofthe era,THE BLAKETTES draw from, revisit, and “cook up” a rich and immortal repertoire.They invite you on a journey to the heart of 1960s jazz, payingpassionate tributeto its creators: Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, BobbyTimmons,McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, Pharoah Sanders, and many others...