Blues concert "Tribute to Jimmy Smith".

Some twenty years back, the young and promising bluesman Lucky Peterson had set Paul B. on fire. Since then, time has passed but admittedly Lucky has preserved his reputation of a generous and genuine showman. Thousands of concerts later, he is back with a new album as a tribute to Jimmy Smith. His new show being more jazz than blues doesn't bother us at all, and it sure will be filled with feeling and good vibrations on stage. Just one question: he who plays the Hammond organ and the guitar will he drop the latter to devote himself only to his keyboards? To find out, save the date for this promising moment of musicality!

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 23€ / 21€ / 18€

Tel: +33 (0)1 69 75 12 80

More info: here

Paul B, 6 allée de Québec, 91300 Massy.

Concert as part of the 4th edition of the "Lac in Blue Festival".

A proposal by the Jazz Club in partnership with Bonlieu Scène Nationale.

Emblematic figure of the Blues and while he is about to celebrate 40 years in showbusiness, singer guitar-hero and organist Lucky Peterson comes back with a splendid project: a tribute to his first master and mentor, mythical organist Jimmy Smith. Musical genius, child prodigy in his day, he carries all the intensity and spirituality of his music rooted in blues, with influences of gospel but also what we are in the habit of calling "black music", at the crossroads between funk, rock and jazz. An unstoppable groove!

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 34€ / 30€ / 27€ / 10€

Tel: +33 (0)4 50 46 91 52

More info: here

Arcadium, 32 boulevard du Fier, 74000 Annecy.

Concert as part of the 8th edition of the "Voiron Jazz Festival".

First of all an organist, Lucky Peterson quickly established himself as an excellent musician in the field of blues, also on guitar and vocals! Willie Dixon takes him under his wing when he is five years old. With "Tribute to Jimmy Smith", he pays homage to the jazz master of the Hammond organ whose music is greatly influenced by gospel and blues and who has been his teacher. Surrounded by great names in jazz, he rises to the challenge as the swing and groove of Jimmy Smith's organ ruled over jazz in the 60s. With Lucky Peterson, the blues finds a new energy. On stage, he shatters musical borders and explores funk, soul, rock ans jazz. Explosive!

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 28€ / 25€ / 20€

Tel: +33 (0)4 76 65 64 64

More info: here

Le Grand Angle, 6 rue du Moulinet, 38500 Voiron.

Blues concert "Tribute to Jimmy Smith".

Blues holds no secrets for Lucky Peterson since he was hanging around his father's club, the Governor's Inn in Buffalo. There, in his element, the child prodigy has made the blues fundamental message his own, the scansion of words, the haunting melodies with hypnotic rhythms. His entire life is a hymn to blues that he still preaches today relentlessly, and his new album "Tribute to Jimmy Smith" is a living proof again. Brilliant. With his band, the artist proposes a jazz tinged with soul and blues. A music that grooves! For this tribute to the organist Jimmy Smith, he plays exclusively the Hammond B-3 organ: all the more reason to remember that he is an exceptional pianist, a flamboyant guitarist, a singer bursting with feeling, a charismatic showman, a composer and arranger... full of talent.

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 27€ / 18€

Tel: +33 (0)4 94 22 02 02

More info: here

Châteauvallon Scène Nationale, 795 chemin de Châteauvallon, 83192 Ollioules.

Blues concert "Tribute to Jimmy Smith".

The child prodigy of American blues flirts with the forty-five years of a career punctuated with over twenty solo albums. Guitarist, organist and singer, Lucky Peterson is a regular on great stages, as well as carrying on performing in more intimate clubs. An international star and a discreet man, the virtuoso musician tells about himself in his new album: Tribute to Jimmy Smith.

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 25€ / 22€

Tel: +33 (0)4 68 62 62 00

More info: here

Théâtre de l'Archipel, Avenue Général Leclerc, 66003 Perpignan.

Blues concert "Tribute to Jimmy Smith".

After the remarkable "The Son of a Bluesman" and "Live in Marciac", the new album of the American bluesman Lucky Peterson at Jazz Village is already an important and indispensable disc in his lush discography. The reason for this is twofold. First of all, Lucky Peterson plays exclusively with the Hammond B-3 organ and favors instrumental pieces, and then he proposes a particularly compact instrumentation (an organ-guitar-drums trio, sometimes with the addition of a trumpet or a saxophone) through a repertoire clearly oriented towards jazz, in tribute to the great organist Jimmy Smith.

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 32€ / 28€

Tel: +33 (0)1 47 68 51 50

More info: here

Espace Carpeaux, 15 boulevard Aristide Briand, 92400 Courbevoie.

Blues concert "Tribute to Jimmy Smith".

Lucky Peterson's jazz is tinged with soul and blues. Music that grooves and could be called "jazz'n'blues", as in the old days of the vinyls of Blue Note! Lucky Peterson plays exclusively with the Hammond B-3 organ and favors instrumental pieces, and then he proposes a particularly compact instrumentation (an organ-guitar-drums trio, sometimes with the addition of a trumpet or a saxophone) through a repertoire clearly oriented towards jazz, in tribute to the great organist Jimmy Smith, with standards from his repertoire (The Sermon, The Champ) and many other surprises...

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 22.80€ / 17€ / 11.40€

Tel: +33 (0)1 39 30 45 90

More info: here

La Batterie, 1 rue de la Redoute, 78280 Guyancourt.

Blues concert "Tribute to Jimmy Smith".

After the remarkable "The Son of a Bluesman" and "Live in Marciac", the new album of the American bluesman Lucky Peterson is already an important and indispensable disc in his lush discography. Twelve years after his death, it was time for Lucky Peterson to pay tribute to the genius and the spirit of Jimmy Smith, concentrating only on the Hammond B-3 organ and performing for the first time great standards of jazz like this reinterpretation of the sublime "Misty" that will not be easily forgotten.

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE : 30€ / 28€ / 24€

Tel: +33 (0)3 88 58 45 45

More info: here

Les Tanzmatten, Quai de l'Ill, 67604 Sélestat.

Blues concert "Tribute to Jimmy Smith".

Lucky Peterson is a legend of the blues. The American musician born in Buffalo has learnt about this music with the greatest, such as Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. Both a guitarist and an organist, he embodies the very essence of blues during his tours throughout Europe. On this projet, Lucky Peterson pays tribute to the legendary Jimmy Smith who he met at seventeen and with whom he performed on stage several times. A music that grooves and could be called "jazz'n'blues", as in the old days of the vinyls of Blue Note. A living legend of music coming to Reims, likely to be unmissable!

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 25€ / 21€ / 19€ / 16€

Tel: +33 (0)3 26 36 72 40

More info: here

La Cartonnerie, 84 rue du Docteur Lemoine, 51100 Reims.

Blues concert "Tribute to Jimmy Smith" as part of the 3rd edition of the "Jazz or Jazz" festival.

Lucky Peterson is not only a peerless blues singer and guitarist, he also stands out on the organ, an instrument on which he concentrates with his new project. Today, the guitar-hero comes back to his roots: a concert playing the organ as a tribute to Jimmy Smith, his first master and mentor. The emotion of blues, jazz and soul spirit.

Lucky Peterson: Hammond organ, vocals
Kelyn Crapp: guitar
Nicolas Folmer: trumpet
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

FEE: 35€ / 25€

Tel: +33 (0)2 38 62 75 30

More info: here

Théâtre d'Orléans, Salle Touchard, Boulevard Pierre Ségelle, 45000 Orléans.

Carte blanche to Hakim Hamadouche for 2 exceptional concerts.

Hakim Hamadouche is the man who has been playing the electric mandolute behind Rachid Taha for years. A veteran of Marseilles musical venues, Hamadouche is not only an exceptional partner (Têtes Raides, Tricky): a mandolute virtuoso, an efficient singer, he also knows how to restyle the musical traditions of his country of origin, Algeria, explore mixed zones - as with Oriental Fusion, group created with percussionnist Ahmad Compaoré and saxophonist Edmond Hosdikian -, or leave in endless improvisations with other musical pirates such as Sam Karpienia. A punk spirit for rebel musics.
Gilles Rof - Télérama

Hakim Hamadouche: mandolute, vocals
Ahmad Compaoré: drums
Ed Hosdikian: saxophone
Manu Théron: vocals
David Lafore: vocals

FEE: 12€

Tel: +33 (0)4 91 50 11 61

More info: here

La Mesón, 52 rue Consolat, 13001 Marseilles.