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CAVEAU DE LA HUCHETTE

At the No. 5 of the Rue de la Huchette is situated the Caveau de la Huchette, famous jazz club, probably the first in the capital. It is directed and hosted since 1970 by Dany Doriz, jazzman with an international career.

Live jazz music at the Caveau de la Huchette

Live jazz concerts are given almost every evening starting from 22:15. You can listen or dance on a swing music played by the best jazz musicians.

The detailed program can be found online at : Caveau de la Huchette – Program

After this concert, and until late evening or night, swing, rock, soul music, rhythm’ n’ blues and disco take you on a musical journey from the 50s to early 80s.

Le Caveau de la Huchette has a long history…

The Rue de La Huchette was known from the late Middle Age for its inns, and later in the 18th century for its Rôtisseurs and cabarets. The Caveau de La Huchette is steeped in the history of Paris, which has kept the marks of the past.

First place of secret meetings of the Templars and the Rosicrucians, and then transformed into a secret Masonic lodge in 1772, it consisted of two lower rooms superimposed. Each room had its own secret underground passage, one leading to the Chatelet, the other under the Cloister of St. Severin.

Then in 1789 and during the Revolution, under the banner of the Caveau of Terror, it has housed the club of the Cordeliers and the Montagnards.

The upper room was converted into a tavern; they drank, sang and talked of freedom. Danton, Marat, Robespierre met themselves there. Many judgments followed by executions were made directly on site. In the lower room, where certain crimes have been committed, a very deep well permitted to eliminate the victims.

The rooms have been kept in their original condition, with old arms on the walls.

After the 2nd World War, while Paris celebrates its newfound freedom, a music coming from overseas invaded St-Germain des Prés…

After having been a while the Théâtre de la Chanson at the time he greeted Les Frères Jacques, Ferré or Brassens, and the first sketches of Roger Pierre and Jean Marc Thibault, the Caveau de la Huchette began, from 1948, to receive the greatest jazz names.

The best jazz, swing or bebop bands were produced under its vaults. The exceptional ambience of the Caveau de Huchette is reminiscent of the great epoch of the Cotton Club and the Savoy! The greatest Jazzmen were welcomed: Lionel Hampton, Maxim Saury, Memphis Slim, Sidney Bechet, Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers, Marc Laferriere, Panama Francis and His Savoy Sultans, and more…

Very quickly the Caveau de la Huchette became the capital’s busiest jazz club. A few filmmakers have also chosen it to turn their film: Marcel Carné « Les Tricheurs », in 1958 ; Claude Berri « la Première fois » in 1976 ; Véra Belmont « Rouge baiser » in 1985.

The Caveau de la Huchette, managed and hosted since 1970 by Dany Doriz

Dany Doriz is managing the Caveau de la Huchette since 1970. Pianist and saxophonist, Dany Doriz was fascinated at the age of 16 years for the vibraphone and jazz. In 1958-1959, he experiences the scene and played in Paris Aux Trois Mailletz, of which we speak below.

He met greatest jazzmen and has participated in many tours in France and Europe. In 1975, he met with Lionel Hampton in New York. The two men became friends, and in 1976 they played together during a major tour which ended by a concert at the Caveau de la Huchette. In a crazy atmosphere, the club celebrated its 30 years of jazz.

Jazzman for ever … in parallel, Dany Doriz is continuing his career, playing around the world with the Dany Doriz Big Band and the Caveau de la Huchette Swing Show.

Caveau de la Huchette : 5, rue de la Huchette – 75005 Paris

• Tél. 01 43 26 65 05
• Metro : St-Michel or Cité (near Notre-Dame)
• Open all year long, every evening, without reservation, from 21:30
  • until 2:30 am from Sunday to Wednesday
  • until dawn from Thursday to Saturday.
• Concert from 22:15

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AUX TROIS MAILLETZ

You will find the brand Aux Trois Mailletz, which counts among the oldest of Paris at the No. 56 of the Rue Galande, just a few minutes walk from the Rue de la Huchette.

Piano bar, restaurant on ground floor and cabaret in the basement, the Three Mailletz is also an address well known for its jazz concerts in the post-war period. Great musicians have participated in the entertainment of the Trois Mailletz: Sidney Bechet, Bud Powell, Bill Coleman, John Coltran, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie et son grand orchestre, Louis Armstrong… Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lil Armstrong sang there… Memphis Slim, the last of the great American Jazz Men, stayed at the Trois Mailletz until 1965.

This place has a vaulted space in the basement which ensures high quality musical performances. Singers, dancers, musicians but also the customers set the mood Aux Trois Mailletz.

In 1978, Jacques BONI took over the brand. While maintaining a jazz program, including Arturo Sandoval and Nina Simone, he evolved the musical atmosphere to rock and world music: South American, African, Oriental, French…

Whether at the piano bar or at the restaurant, entertainment is guaranteed!

The cuisine is traditional, French, served with wines from France or the world.

The terrace is nice in summer, whether for a drink, hot drink, an aperitif or a cocktail… or for dinner.

Aux Trois Mailletz : 56 Rue Galande – Paris 5ème

• Metro: Saint-Michel
• From 19:00 to 5:00
• Reservations :
  • Restaurant from 11:00 to 19:00 every day except Sunday at: 01 43 25 96 86
  • Piano bar from 18:00 to: 01 43 54 00 79
  • Cabaret from 20.30 to 01 43 54 42 94

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