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Press reviews

« Swinging with Caroline Jazz Band »
…A group of people aged 7 to 77 has taken a bath of swing in a feverish atmosphere. Jazz lovers as well as neophytes were most satisfied by enthusiastic musicians and by the infectious vigour of their performance. The Caroline Jazz Band swing dragged nearly 600 people to the shores of New Orleans…
La Montagne

« Caroline Jazz Band is all the rage »
…Thanks to the alchemy between the desire to play and the pleasure to play, these talented musicians turned the Theatre into a swinging place. Caroline Jazz Band embodies the spirit of New Orleans, dancing between the two bridges to transform Quai de la Sénéchaussée into a genuine looking Bourbon Street. We are asking for more…
La Dépêche

« Swing, nothingelse but Swing… »
…Thriving on an undeniable reputation, [Caroline Jazz]Band perpetuates with total joy and a strong communicative sense of humour the memory of the rich era of Swing. In concert, the show goes on as if it would never end and the public is swiftly caught by the rhythms and the tunes that are to be found nowadays at the crossroads of Swing, New Orleans, Blues, Funk, and Rock’ n Roll…
Centre France

« A spectacular torrent of Swing… »
The band made an impressive start in a spectacular torrent of Swing…Its two brass players perform like four, so that nobody can’t help dancing, and in such an atmosphere the audience has no chance of falling asleep. The rhythm section matched up to the two wind instrument players, completely at ease, and well-adjusted in this highly swinging context, demonstrating perfect musical quality. Everyone was happy and willing to forget, for a while,their daily worries.
Jazz Dixie Swing

« Caroline Jazz Band plays Swing »
…A show full of ‘peps’ which made traditional jazz lovers crazy and the others happy.
La Gazette de Montpellier

« A Jazz icon, Caroline Jazz Band has fascinated jazz and swing lovers »
…Caroline Jazz Band has ravished two thousand spectators gathered in Cardinal Lefebvre Square, packed with people. On stage, the band proposed a broad and varied repertoire of the Swing era.
Le Berry Républicain

« ’Mardi Gras’ in August »
…The five musicians made jazz swing shine and rocked the crowded nave. These experienced musicians turned upside down people of all ages thanks to their sparkling bravery, genuine happiness, and mischievous body moves.
L'Yonne Républicaine

« Caroline Jazz Band sets fire to the party »
…Benefiting from its reputation Caroline Jazz Band has successfully pepped up the hall. Jazz lovers gathered to the place as well as the more and more numerous band devotees.
Midi Libre

« Caroline Jazz Band has moved the audience with a spectacular show »
…The audience sang and danced along with the band before asking for even more. This enthusiasm pushed the musicians to play right in the middle of the crowd; thus reinforcing the friendly closeness between the band and its public.
Le Progrès

« Exquisite music events at the Casino »
…The Caroline Jazz Band show was as usual an exceptional musical event…
La Montagne

« Caroline Jazz Band: Dirty-rambic! »
…The five of them combine energy and dynamism with strength and self –confidence only  found in an experienced big band at the time of the Belle Epoque.
Le Provençal

« …An atmosphere, a feeling… »
…Caroline Jazz Band is above all an atmosphere and it is also a way of being as well as a way of feeling. The boisterous presence of the musicians, their know-how and their close affinities recreate jazz music or that of the great years in St-Germain-des-Prés.
Paris Match

« A highly varied musical wandering »
…They find their inspiration in the greatest players. Their musical wandering characterized by its variety conveys the passion they share.
Sud-Ouest

« The old stone city walls vibrated under Caroline Jazz Band’s swing »
…The unleashed brass maintained with perfection the boisterous rhythm of those tunes that everybody remembers. Until the very early hours of the day the audience clapped their hands to celebrate these highly talented musicians. Once the spotlights were switched off, everyone reluctantly had to go back to the city lights looking forward to the band’s next coming.
Midi Libre

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