Baguette Quartette

Spring and Summer Shows

The Baguette Quartette is a San Francisco Bay Area group that plays music that was heard in Paris between 1920 and 1940 on street corners, in cafes, and in popular dance halls. Led by accordionist Odile Lavault, its repertoire consists of valses musettes, tangos, pasos dobles, fox trots, marches and realistic songs. They have recorded four CDs: TOUJOURS (2004), CHEZ MOI (2001), RENDEZ-VOUS (1998), and L'air de Paris (1995). Bon Appétit, Café Classics, a compilation CD containing tunes drawn from our first three CDs, is available in many retail stores.

News

Congratulations to longtime Baguette Quartette guitarist Will Bernard on his 2008 Grammy nomination! Will's recent solo album 'Party Hats' was nominated in the 'Best Contemporary Jazz Album' category.
The Hear Music compilation CD Rendezvous à Paris features the tune Ça gaze from our RENDEZ-VOUS CD.
The Putumayo compilation CD French Cafe features the tune En Douce from our L'air de Paris CD.
National Public Radio's online music show All Songs Considered featured the tune Le chemin des forains, from our CHEZ MOI CD.
Le chemin des forains was also featured in the Sony Classics feature film The Statement.
The Association for Independent Music nominated our CD CHEZ MOI for a 2002 Indie Award, in the Acoustic Instrumental category.
Baguette Quartette music is in the Pixar-Disney animated feature film Monsters, Inc.. Listen for us when the scene shifts to Paris...

Press

				"...accordionist Odile Lavault is the personification of 1950s Paris." --Peter Stack, SF Chronicle.
				"...the Baguette Quartette has carved out a niche for itself as the Bay Area's premier musette band." --Lawrence Kay, SF Weekly.
				"...the Baguette Quartette is no oompah band..." --San Francisco Chronicle.
				"...accordionist Odile Lavault's awesome French musette band is one of the coolest acoustic acts in town. Faithful renditions of Parisian cafe music from the 1920s and '30s, performed with a compelling, enthusiastic love of the material, and plenty of sheer musical know-how. It's different, it's great, and it's wonderful to listen to!" --Joe Sixpack (KALX).
				"The amazing juggling act of the Baguette Quartette is that they manage to be chic, fun, casual, disciplined, corny and completely musical all at the same time. There are no compromises and yet this disc sounds like anything but a museum piece." --Mr. Lucky