Club RaYé is a
cocktail bar and
jazz club
A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music, although some jazz clubs primarily focus on the study and/or promotion of jazz-music. Jazz clubs are usually a type of nightclub or bar, which is licens ...
in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.
It is located on
Rue Dussoubs
''Ruta graveolens'', commonly known as rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, is a species of '' Ruta'' grown as an ornamental plant and herb. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula. It is grown throughout the world in gardens, especially for its bl ...
in the
Montorgueil district of the Parisian
2nd arrondissement.
History
The club was founded by
Kein Cross and Jane Black and opened in 2012.
Club RaYé occupies the renovated space of an old material & fabric warehouse.
Club RaYé has a ground floor dining area with a large bar on the left, in the other corner rests a grand piano and microphones for the frequent guest singers. Downstairs, customers come down to a renovated cellar space named the Kafka Lounge, after
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...
. The owner, Kein Cross, was inspired by
The Metamorphisis when designing the décor of the Kafka Lounge. It has the kitchen and also two adjacent dining areas ideal for private parties, meetings and exclusive dining. The rooms have independent sound systems; two of the rooms feature stages for live acts.
Style
The musical genres played At Club RaYé vary. During the evening (from 5pm until 11pm) there are often live jazz musicians playing or singing classic jazz numbers, from musicians such as
Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone (), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blu ...
,
Cole Porter,
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...
,
Frank Sinatra,
Peggy Lee,
Edith Piaf
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and var ...
and many others. After the live acts have ended, Club RaYé hosts a number of resident DJs during "The Kafka Lounge DJ Zebra Party" which is described as a "Jazz - electro soundclash", including tempos from
hip hop,
techno
Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central Drum beat, rhythm is typ ...
,
drum and bass and
electro.
See also
Kein Cross, owner of Club RaYé
References
External links
Club RaYé website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Club RaYe
2012 establishments in France
Organizations established in 2012
Buildings and structures in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris
Jazz clubs in Paris