The ideal companion of all free creators, the piano has come to epitomize the grandeur of jazz. A fitting opening tribute to a royal instrument!

Natural heirs to jazz and blues, funk and soul music both draw their originality from the great American cultural melting pot. A major commodity on the festival circuit worldwide, Black America’s funky sound will make a welcome stop at Parc Floral this weekend.

Jazz owes part of its wanderlust to the world of traveling carnivals and circuses. Musical acrobats and melody jugglers will pitch their tent in the heart of Parc Floral on this colorful occasion.

The rise of the big band, at the close of the roaring twenties, was a sign of the growing ambition of jazz. This goal remains intact today.

Jazz and its blue notes, born a century ago of the confrontational diversity of the New World, is a fertile terrain for startling encounters and cross-pollinations.

Initially conceived as a logical extension of the sacred cry that emerged in the fields of the post-slavery South, jazz has long considered the human voice as a leading instrument.

Nurtured by sounds and rhythms from the Carribean, jazz owes Latin America much of its buoyancy, fire, and feisty instincts.

The Musical Summer at Parc Floral is a whole, and the last week-end of the Paris Jazz Festival reminds us that the jazz and classical worlds are two sides of the same coin.