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Schmatta* in Paris–perhaps you were expecting “April in Paris” or “I Love Paris” by Cole Porter.

March 4, 2026 by Blogfinger

 

By Paul Goldfinger Blogfinger music and fashion editor.

The Avalon French Hot Jazz Band brings back music from the hot jazz scene in the 30’s and 40’s in Paris.  It reminds me of the Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt of that era.

Also, in 1998, Woody Allen made a film called Sweet and Lowdown, and Shawn Penn played a Reinhardt sort of musician. It’s geat fun

Cole Porter wrote “I Love Paris,” and in this video Tatiana Eva-Marie does a nice job with the band, but I have to say, “That dress is ugly–a genuine schmatta.”  But I also have to say, “Tatiana would look good dressed in your mother’s table cloth.”

But, perhaps Tatiana might consider  a wardrobe consultation with Storm Large who sings with Pink Martini.

——–Schmatta*:  a Yiddish word meaning “rag.”

 

Storm Large with Pink Martini singing “Amado Mio” A link below from Blogfinger

Pink Martini   “Amado Mio:”

 

https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/01-Amado-Mio-1.m4a

 

 

 

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