The Blakettes at Sunset-Sunside

THE BLAKETTES“The Art Blakey Women's Band” A female jazz orchestra, founded by Moïra Montier-Dauriac, a Parisian double bassist.

THE BLAKETTES honor the founding fathers and mothers of Hard Bop, a genre of music that is as energetic as it is romantic.Thanks to the multitude of exceptional composers, arrangers, and performers of the era,Thanks to the multitude of exceptional composers, arrangers, and performers ofthe era,THE BLAKETTES draw from, revisit, and “cook up” a rich and immortal repertoire.They invite you on a journey to the heart of 1960s jazz, payingpassionate tributeto its creators: Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, BobbyTimmons,McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, Pharoah Sanders, and many others......

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THE BLAKETTES“The Art Blakey Women's Band” A female jazz orchestra, founded by Moïra Montier-Dauriac, a Parisian double bassist.

THE BLAKETTES honor the founding fathers and mothers of Hard Bop, a genre of music that is as energetic as it is romantic.Thanks to the multitude of exceptional composers, arrangers, and performers of the era,Thanks to the multitude of exceptional composers, arrangers, and performers ofthe era,THE BLAKETTES draw from, revisit, and “cook up” a rich and immortal repertoire.They invite you on a journey to the heart of 1960s jazz, payingpassionate tributeto its creators: Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, BobbyTimmons,McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, Pharoah Sanders, and many others...

THE BLAKETTES « The Art Blakey Women’s Band » Orchestre de Jazz féminin, à l’initiative de Moïra Montier-Dauriac, contrebassiste Parisienne.

THE BLAKETTES honorent les pères et mères fondateurs et fondatrices de cette musique tant énergique que romantique qu’est le Hard Bop. Grâce à la multitude d’exceptionnels compositeurs, arrangeurs et interprètes de l’époque, THE BLAKETTES piochent, revisitent, « and cook » un repertoire riche et immortel. Elles invitent à faire un voyage au coeur du Jazz des années soixante, en rendant hommage avec passion à ses créateurs: Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, Pharoah Sanders, et biens d’autres…

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