Melanie O’Reilly & Trio: “Le Jazz est Revenu”

Melanie O’Reilly & Trio with special guest Tommy Halferty on guitar  :“Le Jazz est Revenu” – A celebration of French songs in jazz and film and much more

Legends of international and Irish jazz are coming together for an exceptional live performance. Melanie O’Reilly returns with her highly popular show  “Le Jazz est Revenu” , with special guest guitarist Tommy Halferty, Scott Flanigan on piano, and Derek Whyte on bass, for this very special night celebrating French songs & songwriters in jazz and film.  Songs composed and recorded by French legends such as Michel Le Grand, Charles Aznavour, Charles Trenet and Jacques Brel, interwoven with other renowned performers such as Henri Salvador, and Claude Nougaro .  Melanie sings les chansons with a jazz flavour bringing new life to songs such as “ Les Moulins de mon Coeur/ The Windmills of your Mind” from the iconic movie “The Thomas Crown Affair”;  “I will wait for you/Je ne pourrai jamais vivre sans toi”  from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg,  Le Jazz et la Java and more.  As Charles Aznavour sings: Le Jazz est revenu!

In affiliation with Wexford Normandy Cultural Association