Tuesday, September 23, 2025

18 September 2025 Paris: The Serpentine Orchestra at Bal Blomet

 


We have really become fans of live jazz music.  It is always lively and exciting and this concert was no different.  The trombone player was so very cute! Leslie and Kristine loved him.  The entire concert was high energy and the Duke Ellington theme made for a classic night.



The beret gang out looking for trouble


The grand hospital


A rail bridge 


The uber dropped us off early but at least we know where we are going


Bing bang bong


Tom and Jerry stencil


Peek a boo Pikachu


We had some trouble finding a place that was open and willing to make us dinner


But we found a place with oddly shaped burgers


The bacon was a bit chewy


A big old salad


Complet means it is sold out


Jazz art on the walls


All the greats


Even more greats


The brick wall of music


Le Bal Blomet


Two guitars and two banjos


So many instruments


A decibel meter, we watched it and it never made it to 100 dB


The bar was hopping right up until the band came out


A very intimate space



10 men in the band, 30 some instruments four guitars a half dozen saxophones and at least three clarinets 



Using toilet bowl plungers for trumpet mutes


This man had two saxophones and two clarinets its wonderful


Look at that big sax


The piano had a very busy section


So much brass


  It has been 3 years and 104 days since we began our Migration