100 Ans De Gatsby Le Magnifique

| 100 years of The Great Gatsby

Scott Fitzgerald finished writing The Great Gatsby not in the United States, but on the French Riviera in 1924, infusing his masterpiece with elegance and nostalgia, just as the Jazz Age, a term he had coined two years earlier in another book, was coming into being. A century later, Mélissa Lesnie, an Australian singer with a velvety voice and retro charm, takes us back to this world, cradled by the echoes of ragtime and the standards of hot jazz and Tin Pan Alley, with the early hits of Gershwin and Irving Berlin. Accompanied by Jean-Baptiste Franc on piano and Garry Nayah on double bass, two true masters of the 1920s style, Melissa revives this golden age through foxtrots, Charleston and blues from the Roaring Twenties, music that one can easily imagine setting the tone for the social evenings of a certain Jay Gatsby.

Velvet, velvet — A kind of cabaret
Every Saturday afternoon, 38Riv transforms into a piano bar in Havana, a cozy club in Harlem, or a forgotten Broadway stage. It's not just a concert: it's a lively, theatrical dive into the golden age of jazz and musical theater.
Imagine a vibrant tribute to the voices of Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong. A timeless interlude, between the pages of a Fitzgerald novel and the backstage of a New York cabaret, where people sing, tell stories, play, and laugh.
“Velours, velours” is the elegance of a bygone era, the warmth of a shared moment, and the emotion of a story told through music.