France Rocks Recommends Winter Jazzfest & French Quarter

New York's premier festival for improvised music, Winter Jazzfest continues to grow as a dynamic rate, from its original one-day single-location program, to a 2017 itinerary that will take to 14 stages over five nights, in Downtown Manhattan and beyond, featuring over 600 artists, and more than 150 groups.

French Quarter's fourth edition comes to New York for three special evenings on the occasion of three major international jazz events (APAP, Winter Jazz Festival, and GlobalFest). French jazz currently is experiencing a wonderful revival and Paris Jazz Club aims to spread its creativity, dynamism, and richness all over the world. French Quarter is organized by Paris Jazz Club, the network of jazz venues of Paris and its region, with the support of ADAMI, SACEM, SPEDIDAM, Institut français (Paris), and Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

Here are the French musicians programmed so far for Winter Jazz Fest and French Quarter:

Scott Tixier - Papanosh - Julien Labro - Imany - Piers Faccini - Lou Tavano
Gilad Hekselman - Emile Parisien & Vincent Peirani - Raphael Imbert - Tony Tixier
Omer Avital - Clovis Nicolas - Shabaka and the Ancestors

The Bitter End, Friday, January 6th
9:20PM: Omer Avital

New School Glass Box, Friday, January 6th
12:00AM: Samora Pinderhughes (w/Clovis Nicolas)

The Bitter End, Saturday, January 7th*
6PM: Raphael Imbert "Music is My Home" | 7:20PM: Emile Parisien & Vincent Peirani| 8:40PM: Daniel Freedman (w/Gilad Hekselman) | 10PM: Imany | 11:20PM: Piers Faccini | 12:40AM: Papanosh

The Django at Roxy, Saturday, January 7th
1AM: Julien Labro Quartet Zinc Bar,

Zinc Bar, Saturday, January 7th
6:20PM: Scott Tixier (w/Tony Tixier)

(Le) Poisson Rouge, Saturday, January 7th
7:40PM: Shabaka & The Ancestors

New School Glass Box, Saturday, January 7th
12:00AM: Ben Wendel Band (w/Gilad Hekselman)

Smalls Jazz Club, Monday, January 9th*
8:00PM: Clovis Nicolas | 8:55PM: Lou Tavano | 9:50PM: Tony Tixier Trio | 10:45PM: Laurent Coulondre Power Duo | 11:40PM: Raphael Imbert "Music is My Home"

Joe's Pub, Tuesday, January 10th*
6:30PM: Imany | 7:10PM: Lou Tavano | 7:50PM: Raphael Imbert "Music is My Home"

*French Quarter Jazz Fest Showcase