On-site food options at Les Cornières with several partners.
July 22, 23, 24:
Hang’ Art Bus: 06 08 69 97 50
Java Indonesian Restaurant: 06 89 75 21 12
La Réunionnaise : 06 87 53 41 26
Mireille Pizza : 07 81 18 45 80
Restaurant Le Bastide: 05 53 68 38 59
Contact us: a new phone number will be dedicated to reservations (not yet known) and will be listed first, followed by the number 0768688314
A dance floor on the Citadel esplanade will allow those who wish to combine music and dancing.
Parking is available on the southern ramparts (40 spaces) along rue des Amours.
Puym'Jazz
Since 2003, Puymirol, a beautiful Bastide in the Lot-et-Garonne region (between Toulouse and Bordeaux), has celebrated jazz with its open-air festival.
An idyllic setting
Overlooking the ramparts and the parapet walk, the Citadel Esplanade welcomes renowned artists year after year for diverse concerts in a friendly and warm atmosphere. It's a feast for the eyes, discovering this picturesque location, and for the ears, enjoying the jazz music.
Edito : JAZZ STORY
Voici une version plus fluide et plus éditoriale en anglais, adaptée à un festival de jazz :
In the beginning, there was the voice. It marked the rhythm of the work songs sung by African slaves on the plantations of the American South. Along the banks of the Mississippi, in the churches of Black communities, fiery preachers led gospel choirs, promising the faithful a better world in the hereafter. For a brief moment, the slaves could forget the wretched conditions of their lives.
At the same time, a secular music was taking shape: the blues, the “devil’s music,” driven in particular by figures such as Robert Johnson.
The singers of the Delta would eventually make their way to Chicago, that great northern city of jobs and opportunity.
As time passed, the voice found countless forms of accompaniment, from primitive percussion to the full range of instruments capable of enhancing and elevating it.
Having become a universal art form, jazz has brought forth thousands of talents who have delighted—and continue to delight—generations of fans.
This year, Puym’Jazz turns the spotlight on the voice, superbly accompanied, as a way of celebrating the great singers of jazz history: Bessie Smith, the “Empress of the Blues” and disciple of Ma Rainey; Louis Armstrong, master of scat singing, which he shared with many others, including Ella Fitzgerald and the little-known Léo Watson.
While the festival evenings promise to be memorable, the OFF program is not to be missed, welcoming audiences on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On one of those evenings, Adi’Jazz will perform, led by my friend and longtime accomplice Jean-Pierre Curdi, whose unique originality lies in singing in Gascon Occitan.
So, let us meet in July in the bastide of swing!
Jean-Claude ULIAN.