Jazz Words - Elise Hall, "The Lady with the Saxophone"

Salle d'honneur, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville

Saint-Gengoux-le-National hosts the first edition of Paroles de Jazz! For this inaugural edition, the whole village tunes into jazz! Elise Hall, "The Lady with the Saxophone" Discover the fascinating story of Elise Hall (1853-1924), the first professional female saxophonist and American patron, through a musical lecture punctuated with readings, proposed by the author-musician Joëlle Marshal-Jantzen. Nicknamed with condescension "The Lady with the Saxophone" by Claude Debussy, Elise Hall played a major role in the recognition of the saxophone and in laying the groundwork for a repertoire con…