François Constantin Jam Session

On the program, 1 hour of concert followed by a frenzied jam!

A rich, open and generous musicality, probably inherited from his Caribbean roots and an indisputable artistic lineage! From Papa Wemba to Angélique Kidjo, from Lokua Kanza to Carlos Santana, Thierry Fanfant has accompanied, supported and guided artists from all walks of life with irreproachable rigor and constant enthusiasm. He could almost enter the Guinness Book of Records because he took part, in the space of 40 years, in more than 800 discographic recordings!

Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Mario Canonge, Naïssam Jalal, Arnaud Dolmen is the drummer everyone is fighting for! A renowned sideman with an inspired game and unique style, he is also unanimous with his personal projects. “In a masterful first album, “Tonbé Lévé”, the Guadeloupean prodigy makes the polyrhythms of Gwoka dance to a hybrid and irresistible jazz tune. Fip. Besides, his 2nd album has just been released…!

His influences go from Ravel to Herbie Hancock, Tigran Hamasyan, or even Gerald Clayton, coming from a classical formation, Julian Leprince Caetano discovered a passion for jazz over the years and completes this high-flying quartet for a Caribbean color jam!

At the Baiser Salé we have known François Constantin and his jams for thirty years, so you might as well say that he invited the whole French jazz scene to perform alongside him! He knew how to make this weekly meeting an internationally known institution. Theater of improvised and generous evenings where all of Paris of all jazz meets, the high-perched club on rue des Lombards no longer counts the moments of magic, encounters and discoveries that will have marked these three decades.

Generosity, experience, energy, & talent guarantee the incomparable atmosphere of the Monday evening Jams.