The 1950s/60s saw the peak of jazz. On the French Riviera between Antibes and Juan-les-Pins, the greatest names in middle jazz paraded at the festivals held every summer during the peak tourist season.
Among them: Claude Luther and his orchestra, Moustache’s band, the Feetwarmers, Benny Waters, Humphrey Lyttelton’s band, the Down Town Jazz Band, the Original Lambro Jazz Band, Bill Coleman, Beryl Bryden, Jean Furet’s band, the Two Beat Stompers, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow…
Artists featured in this period document, signed by Jean Christophe Averty, as delightful as it is rare.
