Benoit Viellefon Trio

 Nat King Cole, before his better-known career as a pop singer of the 1950s, was one of the most well respected pianists of the swing era. His trio, with Oscar Moore on guitar and Johnny Miller on bass, represent one of the all-time high points of ensemble jazz. The Parisian musical community - who had enthusiastically embraced jazz in the 1920s - soon fused it with the French popular tradition of the chanson, with memorable results.

Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening throughout Into the Night, the galleries will come to life with performance in the exhibition’s recreation of Strasbourg’s iconic L’Aubette (1928), focusing on the vitality and diversity of jazz as performed across the globe. The evenings are co-curated with Mark Kavuma, a prominent young trumpet player on the British jazz scene.