Jam Session Special Chris Potter

At the Baiser Salé, we take advantage of the summer to spend free and festive musical evenings at the Festival Estival de Jam, from August 3 to September 2.

More than a simple concert, the jam is an opportunity to discover outstanding musicians, to see them having fun improvising together. It is the feeling of participating in a unique moment.

One hour of concert lays the foundations and launches the theme of the evening in homage to an artist then a jam takes us until the end of the night.

Saxophonist Chris Potter, who rose to prominence alongside trumpeter Red Rodney, today asserts himself as a soloist of rare power among the new generation of tenors.

Benjamin Petit, used to the pop scene as the sideman of Michel Jonasz or Lionel Richie, is an atypical character: saxophonist and airline pilot, he attacks jazz from the angle of pleasure and festivities. At his side, the flamboyant and voluble game of Yoann Schmidt and Laurent Coulondre, elected French musician of the year 2019 by Jazz Magazine, in particular with his album in tribute to Michel Pettrucciani, hailed by the critics. A more than daring tribute, a challenge brilliantly met. A 4-star line-up for a top-flight jam.