Le Caveau de la Huchette
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Le Caveau de la Huchette is an important 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 ex-patriate in France who is also associational.
It was 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.[1] At present it is owned by French vibraphonist Dany Doriz.
