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William P. Gottlieb, photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4843742660_02e0cc5189_z.jpg4843742660_02e0cc5189_zhttps://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4977076660_1cc77a8216_z.jpg4977076660_1cc77a8216_zhttps://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4843758568_85cb4e6c3e_z.jpg4843758568_85cb4e6c3e_z2016-10-01T18:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://music6cafe.com/2016/08/17/jazz-songs-and-jazz-singers/https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4843742660_02e0cc5189_z.jpg4843742660_02e0cc5189_z [Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] William P. Gottlieb [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5020399920_31f7788034_z.jpg5020399920_31f7788034_zBillie Holiday. circa 1946-47. William P. Gottlieb [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4843758568_85cb4e6c3e_z.jpg4843758568_85cb4e6c3e_zFrank Sinatra. William P. 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Gottlieb [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons2016-08-18T01:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://music6cafe.com/2016/06/29/concert-jazz/https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/duke-with-black-background-two.jpgDuke with Black Background TwoColumbia CS 8053https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ben-webster-with-strings.jpgBen Webster with StringsVerve MG V-2026https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn0728.jpgDark RoseAuthor's Photohttps://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn0739.jpgEllington IndigosColumbia CS8053https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn0734.jpgBen Webster with StringsVerve MG V-2025https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn0732.jpgMorning GloryAuthor's Photohttps://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn0667-1.jpgCity SunsetAuthor's Photo2016-07-02T14:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://music6cafe.com/2016/04/07/an-ellington-strayhorn-garden/https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn0644.jpg"Morning Glory"Blue "Morning Glory" (author's photo)https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn0641-copy.jpgDSCN0641 copyPeach Rose (author's collection)https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dark-rose-group.jpgDark Rose GroupDark Rose Group (author's collection)https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn0606.jpgFlurette AfriqueAuthor's Own Gardenhttps://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn0589.jpgPurple & BlueAuthor's Own Gardenhttps://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/african-flower-red.jpgAfrican Flower (Red)Author's Own Garden2016-06-01T22:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://music6cafe.com/2015/03/26/maurice-ravel-piano-compositions-and-orchestration/https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/id-1008826.jpgID-1008826 "French Countryside" Image courtesy of of dan. 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Published on 26 August 2009 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net2015-10-20T03:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://music6cafe.com/2014/12/21/paris-in-the-jazz-age-2/https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/752px-eugc3a8ne_atget_marchand_de_vin_rue_boyer_paris_1910e28093111.jpg752px-Eugène_Atget,_Marchand_de_Vin,_Rue_Boyer,_Paris,_1910–11"Eugène Atget, Marchand de Vin, Rue Boyer, Paris, 1910–11" by Eugène Atget - Metropolitan Museum of Art, online database: entry 190039516. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Atget,_Marchand_de_Vin,_Rue_Boyer,_Paris,_1910%E2%80%9311.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Atget,_Marchand_de_Vin,_Rue_Boyer,_Paris,_1910%E2%80%9311.jpghttps://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/752px-eugc3a8ne_atget_marchand_de_vin_rue_boyer_paris_1910e2809311.jpg752px-Eugène_Atget,_Marchand_de_Vin,_Rue_Boyer,_Paris,_1910–11Living Legends: ‘The Stuff that Dreams are Made of…’ If there ever was a living equivalent to “Rick” (of Rick’s American Café in the film Casablanca) it would be Eugene Bullard whose life is well chronicled in Craig Lloyd’s biography of the musician, boxer, and café-owner as well as in William A. Shack’s Harlem in Montmartre. Both authors describe how Bullard was a famous boxer (he knew Jack Jackson), a French combat aviator in World War I (he was awarded the Croix de Guerre), befriended American writers and jazz musicians and provided them jobs in his nightclub (he hired Langston Hughes straight off the boat from New York), and gave Ada Louise Smith ‘Bricktop’ her first job when she arrived in Paris. When the German army invaded Paris in June 1940 Bullard chose to stay in Paris where his night club was frequented by the Nazi commanding officers, Corsican gangs, and members of the French resistance. Information flowed to the resistance which benefited them in their sabotage of the invading army. Famous musicians who played in the Paris nightclubs during the Nazi occupation included Django Reinhardt (Stephane Grappelly thought he was nuts to return to France since the Nazis were sending gypsies to their concentration camps), Arthur Briggs whose orchestra performed at a Champs-Elysees nightclub, pianist Maceo Jefferson, and Harry Miller the guitarist and singer who entertained at the American Legion Bar (Shack, 2001, pp. 109-110). When his friends finally convinced Bullard to leave Paris for his own safety, he helped the French resistance install machine guns on the left bank of the Loire River to fight the Germans. In the pursuit of these efforts Bullard was wounded and had to be treated in a hospital before he could finally leave France from Biarritz. (Shack, 2001, p. 110) Musician friends of Eugene Bullard during his two decade history of being a Paris nightclub owner included Sidney Bechet, bandleader and fellow club-owner Joe Zelli, Ada Smith, jazz drummer Buddy Gilmore and others. A pianist who played for him in his club was Arthur “Dooley” Wilson who went on to form his own band had bookings in Europe and North Africa. Arthur “Dooley” Wilson played the role of “Sam” who sang As Time Goes By in the 1942 movie Casablanca. (Lloyd, 2000, pp. 92-93) In fact, many black Americans also chose to stay in France although it was dangerous. This was sometimes due to the fact that these musicians had families they had started with their French wives and they decided to be with their wives and children rather than trying to relocate back to the United States. Two such musicians were Arthur Briggs and Charlie Lewis. Later they are arrested by the German authorities who kept them under detention (Lloyd, 2000, p. 116). Life Abroad and Life at Home Author Tyler Stovall describes in great detail the development of jazz in Paris and the personalities who made a living playing their music in the City of Light during the Jazz Age. He documents the efforts of some black soldiers after the Great War to remain in a country which they felt did not discriminate against color or race. Some of them enrolled in the Paris universities in order to remain legally in the country, but others chose to earn a living as entertainers. (Stoval, 1996, pp. 68-69) For the musicians who chose to stay in France, Montmartre offered an environment free from the racial problems back at home as well as a thriving community of art, literature and music. The author describes in great detail the various night clubs in Montmartre that flourished in the 1920s and offered jazz music to Parisians thirsty for this exciting new music. He also acknowledges the dangers of living in the bohemian section of Paris and how on occasion musicians such as Eugene Bullard, Louis Mitchell and Sidney Bechet had to resort to carrying firearms for protection. “Corsican protection rackets infested the neighborhood, demanding and usually getting money from club owners who wanted to stay open. Eugene Bullard got into a vicious battle with one such gangster named Justin Pereti, who ended up shooting him, putting him in the hospital.” (Stoval, 1996, p. 43) In the 1930’s more and more American jazz musicians came to Europe and played music along with European musicians. Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter performed and recorded alongside European players such as Django Reinhardt and Stepane Grappelli. Harlem musician (he played in the band at the Savoy Ballroom) Bill Coleman was a talented trumpet player who visited France several times. He lived in Montmartre and was featured in French jazz orchestras. Another swing trumpet-player Arthur Briggs married a French woman and settled down in Paris. Author Tyler Stoval describes in great detail the lives of these black American musicians who made Paris their home. In fact, Paris included other black entertainers such as blues singer Alberta Hunter, pianist Ray Stokes, trumpeter Harry Cooper, and Opal Cooper who sang at the Melody Bar (Stoval, 1996, p. 117). ‘Blackbirds’ Comes to Paris Some African-American artists did not remain in Paris after their tour was over. Adelaide Hall was a tremendously talented singer, dancer and entertainer who came to Paris in 1929 with Lew Leslie’s revue Blackbirds or Les Oiseaux Noirs. It was booked for a limited engagement at the Moulin Rouge and she and the cast returned to the United States for the U.S. tour when it was over. In his book Underneath a Harlem Moon Iain Cameron Williams gives a vivid picture of her life in America, where she encountered racist abuse and harrasement all too frequently, and her twelve-week stay in Paris where she was universally admired and adored. What an incredible disparity between cultures! It is a wonder that Adelaide Hall and her husband did not choose to remain in Paris, although they probably thought about it. The author includes detailed verbatim racial abuse she and her husband Bert Hicks suffered while touring the United States where discrimination, segregation and racial bigotry reined (Williams, 2002, pp. 257-259; 265-280) In Paris the singer-entertainer lived a life of enjoyment and wonder where she could sleep until noon, have a leisurely breakfast and set off in the afternoon to shop in some of Paris’s finest establishments before heading to her show in the evening. The cast and crew of Blackbirds would visit the cabarets and nightclubs of Montmartre when their show finished for the evening , and they were welcomed in all the local restaurants and private homes. They were given so many gifts by admirers that they had twice as much luggage to declare when they returned to New York on the SS Ile de France. However, in 1935 Adelaide Hall and Bert returned to Paris, and were immediately welcomed by a surprise party for the couple at Bricktop’s establishment on rue Pigalle (Williams, 2002, p. 313). Adelaide Hall told admirers over French radio that she had returned to Paris with an intention to stay. She even sang one song over the airwaves in French to show her appreciation (Williams, 2002, p. 313). Her engagement at The Alhambra was the big hit of the season and she was surrounded by jazz musicians and friends from America, Paris, and England. She was reunited with her former pianist, Joe Turner, and they even recorded several songs for Ultraphone including Truckin’, I’m In The Mood for Love, Solitude and East of the Sun West of the Moon. Violinist Stephane Grapelli was in the band on these recordings (Williams, 2002, p. 313) Adelaide Hall was the involved in several business ventures in Paris in the 1930s and she was a co-owner of her own night-club – the Big Apple which opened on December 9, 1937 at 73 rue Pigalle. The bandleader was Maceo Jefferson, and there were live radio bro https://music6cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1158px-cafc3a9_avenue_de_la_grande-armc3a9e_1924e2809325.jpg1158px-Café,_Avenue_de_la_Grande-Armée,_1924–25 "Café, Avenue de la Grande-Armée, 1924–25" by Eugène Atget - Metropolitan Museum of Art, online database: entry 190036464. 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