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[Mark Bardenwerper]

Just ran across an April 2000 "American Heritage" magazine. It has a 
great article on Jazz in Paris and it origins. Seems that New Orleans 
jazz remained very popular during and after the war as was isolated in 
the discotheques. The great artists called Paris a home away from home 
and some stayed.

The club scene began as the First World War came to an end and really 
took off in the 20's. Cole Porter was a regular at Bricktop's in Montmartre.

Louie Armstrong, Mabel Mercer, Bennie Carter, Cab Calloway, Sidney 
Bechet, Josephine Baker, Coleman Hawkins and many others came and 
sometimes did not go. For blacks it was a haven from the racist 
conditions here.
Interrupted only for a time by the Nazis.
People like Lionel Hampton and Art Blakey found a comfortable niche at 
the Caveau de le Huchette, on of the oldest surviving clubs (since 1946).

-- 
Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.

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