Jazz, from the inside.

Sessions with our artists

A session with our artists is a chance to meet vibrant, working hot-jazz musicians at close range. They play in the room, so pupils hear the sound of real instruments up close — and then the music goes both ways: the players and the pupils trade questions, sounds and rhythms.

Depending on the group there is listening, rhythm and improvisation, and demonstration of how the band fits together. Each group opens a different door; the session grows from the band’s own practice and is then shaped with the teacher.

• Artist sessionViper ClubViper Club makes swing audible as a music of conversation. Tcha Limberger, Jérôme Etcheberry, Dave Kelbie and Sébastien Girardot show in real time how an acoustic quartet without drums or piano builds rhythm, balance, improvisation and collective listening. Between the four of them they speak around ten languages, reflecting the group’s strongly European character and offering a natural way into questions of language, travel and how music moves from one country to another. A session can combine concert, guided listening, conversation and simple collective exercises, shaped to the age group and setting.ConcertPupils join inSee the session →
• Artist sessionThree Blind MiceThree Blind Mice are also three young dads who love music and enjoy sharing with children the things that fascinate them too: listening, playing together, inventing and telling a story through sound. In Silence, Action… Jazz!, pupils watch short films on a large screen while the trio creates the music and sound effects live. They see both the film and the musicians making its sound world in real time. The session naturally opens onto rhythm, improvisation, the relationship between image and music, instruments, sound effects and the way three musicians coordinate to bring a scene to life. Depending on the setting, it can continue with discussion or a short participatory activity.ConcertPupils join inMusic + ImageSee the session →

Sancy — education inside the programme

Education is not an extra bolted onto the side. At Sancy Snow Jazz, seven school concerts between 9 and 13 March 2026 with Vincent Balse and Bridget Bazile reached 524 pupils, across primary and collège groups.

That work predates Longplay as a company; it belongs to the experience now feeding the Education line. It confirmed a useful principle: a school concert works when it remains a real concert, with real working artists, while making space for proximity, questions and discovery.

Build a project with us

Not every school needs the same format. We can begin with one artist session, an existing show, a classroom theme or a project led by a town — one encounter, a half day, a full day, a multi-session cycle or a residency. We fix the shape after understanding the group, venue, objectives and the real purchasing or funding framework.

For schools, towns and cultural partners

Longplay is a live-music production company. We produce the artists, organise the performances and build education projects with the teams hosting them. That continuity matters: pupils meet musicians who are actively performing, recording and touring. An education session can sit alongside a tour date, festival or cultural season, or become part of a longer territorial project with a school, conservatoire, town or cultural partner.