Club RaYé was a

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and

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. It is located on Rue Dussoubs in the Montorgueil district of the Parisian 2nd arrondissement.

History

The club was founded by

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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

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. 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

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Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

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Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local r ...

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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

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and electro.

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

History

Style

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