105 musicians, 23 concerts
Also on the program is Camille Bertault-Quintet (winner in 2023 of the Victoire du jazz vocal), which mixes jazz, theater, poetry, slam, and electro. Or Îluje (winners of the Action jazz springboard), for a French pop song with electro-jazz influences. As well as the flagship swing group in France, Hot Swing Sextet. An avalanche of standards expected. We can also note a tribute to the great McCoy Tyner, revealed to the world thanks to his collaboration with the famous quartet of saxophonist John Coltrane from 1960 to 1965. One of the piano geniuses who propelled jazz into the modern era at the turn of the 60s. On stage, on bass, Avery Sharpe, who accompanied McCoy Tyner for more than twenty years in countless groups, saxophonist Chico Freeman, on piano, Antonio Farao, Ronnie Burrage on drums and Steve Turre on trombone.
For this 34e edition, dance enters the heart of the festival. It offers a big swing boogie-woogie ball with, beforehand, lindy hop and boogie-woogie workshops, taught by Thomas Audon and Sophie Allaf, a dance duo from the south-east of France, who teach all over the world.
