An ambassador the world over for traditional jazz from France over the last 20 years, the band Paris Washboard is made up of 4 soloists with international reputations in the field of traditional jazz. Daniel Barda on the trombone, Alain Marquet on the clarinet and Louis Mazetier on the piano have just been joined by Stéphane Séva on the washboard and vocals. The format surprises and delights by virtue of its originality and its liveliness. The band has enjoyed success around the world over 20 years due to the format, unique in the field of traditional jazz, humour, professionalism, a repertoire that is rich and constantly added to (music from the 20s and 30s, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, etc., as well as original compositions and now Duke Ellington).

The group has toured the United States in each of the last 17 years, performing in places such as Moodus, Santa Rosa, Costa Mesa and New York, and has now given more than 250 concerts there. It has also toured New Zealand and Australia (1992), Argentina and Uruguay (1994), Japan (1997), Hungary (1998 and 2008), and appeared in Canada, Germany (between 10 and 40 concerts a year since 1993), Switzerland and other European countries including, France, where it gives a concert on the second Friday of every month at the 'Petit Journal St Michel'.

Since its formation the group has made 12 records. The American magazine, 'Jazzbeat', put Paris Washboard number 4 in a ranking of foreign jazz bands, ahead of many prestigious European line-ups. On July 26th 2001, Paris Washboard performed in one of the most important concert venues in New York, '92nd Street Y', near Central Park. The show was such a success that the organisers immediately signed them up again for the same concert (a homage to Fats Waller) on the 25th July of the following year. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.