Élise Vassallucci & Salma Blanchard racontent Anne Sylvestre

French chanson — Élise Vassallucci and Salma Blanchard pay homage to Anne Sylvestre, a pioneer of socially committed song, between jazz and emotion, an unforgettable musical journey.

Élise Vassallucci, singer, and Salma Blanchard, pianist, share two musical styles they particularly favour: jazz and French chanson. Halfway between these two aesthetics, which are not so far apart at heart, stands a singer-songwriter, feminist and deeply humanist, admired by both artists. Her stage name is Anne Sylvestre, and her legacy seems endless: more than 600 songs written and composed, for adults and children alike, over some sixty years, not to mention the host of contemporary artists who cite her as an inspiration.

Élise and Salma therefore wish to pay tribute to her as a "femmage", drawing on the many gems of her adult discography, in an effort to keep her poetry, her melodies and her stories alive a little longer.

Line-up: Élise Vassallucci, voice; Salma Blanchard, piano

The 38Riv Jazz Club is an intimate venue in the heart of the Marais (38 rue de Rivoli, Paris 4th arrondissement), dedicated to jazz and improvised music.