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Key Figures

  • Around 40 concerts organised in USA every year
  • Around 55 concerts organised in France every year
  • Around 60 festivals per year
  • Around 20 musicians directly concerned per year and around 110 musiciens indirectly involved.
  • Around 50 professionals per year vv
  • Présentation
  • Programmation
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The Bridge was built upon a simple observation and premise: while it’s nowadays accepted that jazz and improvised music, in France and in Europe, have found their independence and originality, some North-American scenes, especially in Chicago, are still developing to the beat(s) of their own drum(s). Yet the independence earned and the originality developed by the one or the others should not prevent new forms of cooperation, alongside each and everyone’s specific projects. On the contrary, it seems to us they should encourage them.

Beyond the artistic merits, The Bridge also observed that the current structure and objectives of the performing arts industry is no longer adequate to support and sustain long-lasting musical exchanges. Transnational musical collaborations, due to the lack of dedicated structures, are often built around a single event, be it a festival performance, a tour, or a recording, and do not have the opportunity to grow from collaboration to circulation.

To address this issue, we have developed an innovative and focused method of securing resources ever rarer for creative musicians today – space and time, that is, for artist-initiated projects to freely develop and explore new musical directions, free from the constraints surrounding their everyday work as musicians. And, of course, the time and space to share their work, processes, and vision in both musical and extra-musical contexts and situations, as we also take it to heart to push the boundaries of what is usually construed as the “jazz audience". For we believe creative music goes beyond performance, which is why our exploration travels also consist in trans-disciplinary work, interventions in schools and universities, public discussions, events with grassroots organizations, and so forth.

Concerts in 2020

THE BRIDGE #2.03
from february 11 to 22 (France)
Marvin Tate / Gerrit Hatcher / Erwan Keravec / Gaspar Claus / Lia Kohl


THE BRIDGE #14
April – May (Chicago)
Keefe Jackson / Didier Lasserre / Peter Orins / Dave Rempis / Christine Wodrascka


THE BRIDGE #13
October (France)
Jean-Luc Guionnet / Pierre-Antoine Badaroux / Jim Baker / Jason Roebke


THE BRIDGE #2.4
October – November (Chicago)
Morgane Carnet / Jozef Dumoulin / Fanny Lafargues / Damon Locks / Macie Stewart

AJC
Antoine Bos
01 42 36 00 12
antoinebos[@]ajc-jazz.eu

The Bridge
Alexandre Pierrepont
contact[@]acrossthebridges.org


Key Documents

Perspectives 2018 - The Bridge
Les dispositifs internationaux d'AJC
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News


  • 03/12/2020
    6/12 – The Bridge #2.04 Quarantine ConcertThe Bridge devait être à Chicago cet automne mais l’état actuel du monde a fait que nous avons dû rester “à distance” en […]
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  • 29/10/2020
    27 & 28 NovembrePour l’instant, nous sommes au loin les uns des autres, au large des terres, des îles, des pays et des musiques de Cocag […]
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  • 29/10/2020
    28/11 – Les Amis AméricainsUne soirée spéciale imaginée par The Bridge et La Dynamo, trois duos de reines et de rois de l’improvisation libre, un s […]
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  • 22/09/2020
    Forget to Find [The Bridge #13], France, Octobre 2020FORGET TO FIND [THE BRIDGE #13] PIERRE-ANTOINE BADAROUX – saxophone alto JEAN-LUC GUIONNET – saxophone alto & JASON […]
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  • 07/09/2020
    13/09 – Première du film The Physicality of ThinkingNous sommes heureux de nous faire l’écho de la sortie, le 13/09/2020, d’un film de Sandra Binion, tourné à l’occasion de […]
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  • 14/04/2020
    Sangliers TourUn disque est arrivé malgré le confinement et bientôt sur notre bandcamp. Avec un dessin des bois magiques où elle vit, […]
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18 Oct, 2022
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