Art tribute to start of black Paris (Paris Noir); Reprisal of Uncle Mose in Paris theme. Early WWI black soldiers who brought jazz to Paris. Jimmy Europe, the 815th Pioneer Infantry, the 15th New York Infantry, others such as the 808th Pioneer Infantry and Oliver Mead circa 1918. Not well understood. Often performed to empty chairs. Jazz was still a new and not yet a widely accepted art form in many parts of the city. Dignitaries came later – such as French Premier Raymond Poincaré at Allied Women Conference at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
Banjo player and piano player at the café curb inspires dancing black woman. Fashionably chic French woman (Coco Chanel maybe?) walks dog, looks on at the unfamiliar scene unfolding at her corner café.
