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Who Parked The Car winner of "Made In New York Jazz Competition"
2024-07-15 20:00 The 2024 prize has been awarded by Mike Stern, Lenny White and Randy Brecker

Bio

The band Who Parked The Car arose from the IMEP music school in Paris, a partner of the Berklee College of Music.

 

The young musicians coming from France and Latin America (Argentina, Honduras), are trained jazz musicians, but above all groove lovers.

 

They took their first steps in 2020 during a series of fiery jam sessions in the artistic squat Jardin Denfert in Paris, and since then, have kept performing regularly throughout different Parisian venues.

 

The live experience, as important as it is for any rhythm-based group, is integral in WPTC’s identity. So much is the case that in their debut album, their song carrying the band’s name as a title, was written to be played live in a game of question and answer with the audience.

 

WPTC is more than just a jam band that has worked through their arrangements. They skilfully mix genres, from jazz to funk, including soul and electro. Their unique sound is a clever mix of vocals, sax, synths, guitars and percussions.


INFLUENCES
Snarky Puppy, Louis Cole, Vulfpeck, Liane La Havas, Jill Scott, Robert Glasper, Anderson .Paak, Earth Wind & Fire, Weather Report, Stevie Wonder, Supertramp...

GENRES
Neo Soul・Jazz・Funk・Acid Jazz

 


DISCOGRAPHY

 


AWARDS & HONORS

  • Winner of 2024 Made In New York Jazz Competion (awarded by Mike Stern, Lenny White and Randy Brecker)
  • Winner of European Emerging Bands Contest 2025


LINE UP
Alice Chahbazian, vocals
Thomas Salvatore, keyboards, vocals
Sebastián Muñoz, saxophone
Félix Reneault, saxophone
César Aouillé, guitar
Ludovic Prieur, bass
Malo Ropers, percussions
Alejandro Dixon, drums

🎧 discography

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📣 concerts

Previous concerts:

 

2025 • Neidorff-Karpati hall, New-York, USA • The Cutting Room, New-York, USA • Niort Jazz Festival • The Shrine, New-York, USA • The Lilypad, Cambridge, USA • La Marbrerie, Montreuil • Sunset-Sunside, Paris • EYE European Paliament, Strasbourg •


2024 • New Morning, Paris • Sunset-Sunside, Paris • FIMU Festival, Belfort • Théâtre verdure G. Brassens, Cavaillon • After Beach, Grimaud • Bal à Fives, Lille • Aeden Festival, FBL Cité Universitaire, Paris • Art&Music Festival, Amfreville, Rouen • Le Barboteur, Pantin •

2023 • 24h de l'INSA, Lyon • Daufunk Festival, Paris • Le Plan, Ris-Orangis • Le Duc des Lombards, Paris • Studio de l'Ermitage, Paris • Le Baiser Salé, Paris • Larocafé, Romainville • Sunset-Sunside, Paris • Brasse-Musique Festival, Verdun • Saclaque Festival, Palaiseau • Aeden Festival, FBL Cité Universitaire, Paris • Rosa Bonheur, Paris • Le Mazette, Paris •

 

2022 • Marula, Barcelona, ES • Badaboum, Paris • Les Disquaires, Paris • Le Baiser Salé, Paris • Les 2 Pianos, Paris • Le Silo Festival, Poitiers •  La Barrak Festival, Limoges • Péniche Antipode, Paris • Aeden Festival, FBL Cité Universitaire, Paris • Le Mazette, Paris • Pamela Club, Paris •

 

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