Travel Pick: Jazz in France
Jazz à Vienne 2008

Located on the main North-South autoroute below Lyon, Vienne is the real gateway to France's "Midi". In the ancient Roman theater, one of the most beautiful outdoor venues in Europe, and around town. The directors consider the word “jazz” to be plural but that “a jazz festival must stay ‘jazzy:’”

Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, Stefano Di Battista, Carla Bley, Dianna Krall, An African Tribute to James Brown - Pee Wee Ellis (band leader and musical director) & Fred Wesley (guest director) & special guests Cheikh Lô and Simphiwe Dana; Nicole Slack Jones & The Soul Sisters, Wayne Shorter Quartet feat. Brian Blade, John Patitucci & Danilo Perez with Imani Winds, Salif Keita, Toumani Diabaté, Rosario Giuliani,  Quintet featuring Flavio Boltro, Etta James & the Roots Band, Chico César, Davell Crawford and Davell Crawford movement, Buddy Guy, John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension, Jean-Luc Ponty band, Claude Bolling Big Band guest Dany Doriz "Tribute to Lionel Hampton", Boney Fields & the Bone's Project, The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra performs the music of Tito Puente, Machito & Tito Rodriguez