After the success of their previous albums and shows, the 17 musicians of The Amazing Keystone Big Band, continue their adventure so that young and adult audiences can discover jazz in all its forms. - - Winners of the Victoires du Jazz in the Group of the Year category, they are back this time with a colorful creation of La folle journée de George Gerswhin, by Fabrice Colin , told by Laure Calamy. - - - - To illustrate Fabrice Colin's story, we drew heavily on ‘An American in Paris’, George's famous composition that became a musical by Vincente Minnelli in 1951. But we didn't stop there. . . - - The main theme of this piece of music, or rather its best-known tune, appears right at the start of the story, and then recurs frequently, to set the rhythm of this ‘unlike any other’ day. - - The theme of the city, so present in Gershwin, emerges with a beautiful imitation of horns that evokes the difficult traffic of Paris. It appears as early as the walk in Luxembourg, but also before his arrival at the Opéra, or when George dances the waltz with Ira. Love is essential to George, and in this ‘Folle journée’ too. . . so the love theme of ‘Un Américain à Paris’ crops up every time his beloved appears. . - - Here and there, we've also slipped in references to other Ira and George songs, those tunes we like to hum without always knowing where they come from. . . - Above all, we've specially adapted the ensemble to be played in big band to accompany this beautiful story and make you want to discover even more of George Gershwin's wonderful music. . .