Mémoires

In 1990, for the tenth anniversary, the festival featured daily concerts at 5.30 on Place de l’Hôtel de Ville with a wide range of famous names (Eddy Louiss, Rashied Ali, Joyce, Tom Harrell, Marcus Roberts, Dave Valentin and Sixun for this first year). The opening night with Dizzy Gillespie was marked by a terrible storm that prevented Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers from performing. We gave Branford Marsalis a big surprise, by replacing his pianist during the concert by his father, Ellis Marsalis.