With only a few weeks left in Paris, I'm trying to hit up all the museums left to visit and eat all the pastries still to try. But given that I am addicted to sleeping late and thus waking up late, I can only go to so many in one day. But I was able to check off the Quai Branly museum off my Google Map today. I've been meaning to stop by for a while now to catch the Jazz exhibit they have going on. I'm a huge fan of big band and swing music and to see how jazz transformed through the decades was really interesting. And it definitely helped that it was English-friendly, not surprising considering jazz is an American product.
They had tons of posters and record covers on display. Loved the artwork.
Fred Astaire in "Swing Time."
Jeff Wall - The PrologueThe exhibit also showed how jazz factored in during the Civil Rights Movement and the Beat Generation. And of course, Soul Train. I loved this documentary by Adrian Piper, called "Funk Lessons," where she teaches how to dance funk to a diverse group of people and talks about the stereotype that white people can't dance. Here's the only clip of it I could find:
