Le Caveau de la Huchette
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"Le Caveau de la Huchette, the jazz club in the Latin Quarter of Paris, was featured in the film Les Tricheurs by Marcel Carné as well as other French films. The club was an important part of Paris nightlife."--Sholem Stein |
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Le Caveau de la Huchette is a jazz club in the Latin Quarter of Paris. The building dates to the sixteenth century, but became a jazz club in 1946. The design has been compared to a cellar or labyrinth and allegedly it was once used by Rosicrucians and by those linked to Freemasonry.
Since becoming a jazz club it has been a venue for American greats like Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, and Art Blakey, as well as leading French jazz musicians like Claude Luter and Claude Bolling. Bill Coleman was an American expatriate in France who is also associational.
It was featured in the film Les Tricheurs by Marcel Carné as well as other French films. It is considered one of the important part of Paris's nightlife in general.
