Listening session with Jean-Paul Bouteiller

To mark the 100th anniversary of Miles Davis’s birth and the 45th edition of the Jazz à Vienne festival, the Musée d’Histoire de Vienne – église Saint-Pierre will host the exhibition “Miles Davis, 100 ans d'influence” from June 25 to July 11, 2026, from 2 pm to 7 pm. A major figure in the festival’s history and an absolute legend of jazz, Miles Davis will be celebrated through an immersive and evocative journey designed to explore his body of work and his era.

The exhibition features a section titled “Miles en musique”. Every day at 2 pm, a guest speaker will invite the audience to immerse themselves in the artist’s musical world.

On 6th of July, Jean-Paul Bouteiller takes a look back at Miles’s work through his iconic vinyl collection!

Although he never played an instrument, Jean-Paul Bouteiller sensed from his teenage years that music would be a part of his life forever. Through his work with various organizations (particularly student groups), he organized several concerts at the Palais d’Hiver. All of this took place through the Jazz Club de Lyon, the organization of which he remains president. In the 1970s, he transformed several of Lyon’s premier venues into jazz hotspots, including the Théâtre du 8^e, the Auditorium de Lyon, the Théâtre des Célestins, and the Opéra… as well as the BC Blues and the Salle Rameau.

The first Nuit du Blues took place in 1980, and Jazz à Vienne was finally launched in 1981. Honored by his peers and colleagues in 2005 at the Victoires du Jazz for founding the festival and for his entire “body of work” in support of jazz in France, Jean-Paul Boutellier nevertheless remains modest about his commitment, preferring action over publicity.

Today, her passion remains as strong as it was in the early days and drives her to persevere tirelessly, particularly by collecting vinyl records and giving illustrated lectures on topics related to the history of jazz: women’s careers that were thwarted or hindered, the piano in jazz, jazz and civil rights, jazz and cinema… Too preoccupied with Berlioz at the time, however, the City of Lyon was not interested. It was therefore in Vienne, where he lived, that Jean-Paul Boutellier laid the foundation for the festival. A first “Nuit du Blues” took place in 1980, and Jazz à Vienne was finally born in 1981. Honored by his peers and colleagues in 2005 at the Victoires du Jazz for founding the festival and for his entire “body of work” in support of jazz in France, Jean-Paul Boutellier nevertheless remains modest about his commitment, preferring action over publicity. Today, his passion remains as strong as it was in the early days and drives him to continue tirelessly.