The Commune of Paris (1871) was all about Resistance and Revolution, just like Jazz.
Jazz and the Commune, a great political, tragic and lyrical adventure, with its characters and heroes, are brought together here in the form of a hybrid, mixed-race opera, in which slam holds a dialogue with song or a drum solo.
The idea is to put text and music on an equal footing; that’s to say, the history and the way of telling it.
Performers: Mike Ladd (slam), Elise Caron (vocals), Emmanuel Bex (piano), Géraldine Laurent (saxophone), Simon Goubert (drums).
Recorded at the Théâtre de La Ville-Espace Cardin, April 24, 2017