(jazz music plays)
- [Glen] The music has to be
really the lifeblood of the show.
- [Alan] Glen brought me a playlist of songs
that he had written and had a band perform,
and I thought: 'wow, this music is amazing.'
- [Damien] When you start doing jazz in Paris,
there is a tradition and a history that you're drawing from.
But I think trying to make it modern at the same time,
it's really important to us.
♪ Though you might enthrall me ♪
♪ Don't you baby doll me ♪
♪ You better call me tonight ♪
- This show is about redefining what jazz can be
in the current day.
Every song in The Eddy is a brand new song.
We'd have something like 20 new songs.
(Houda speaks in foreign language)
(Leila speaks in foreign language)
(speaks in foreign language)
(sings in foreign language)
- [Alan] We built this set that looks like a jazz club,
this functions as a jazz club,
but also functions in a way as a recording studio
so that when the band plays in the club,
we're recording everything live at a professional level.
(jazz music continues)
- It's so important
and kind of groundbreaking, really
for television to get this many great musicians together
and go to the trouble of actually recording it live.
(Tahar speaks in foreign language)
(Adil speaks in foreign language)
- You know, playing and recording the music live on set
adds a level of intensity to the project.
- Everything about The Eddy
when you're watching is meant to feel like you're there.
(jazz music plays)
(speaks in foreign language)
- It's truly the most international band
I've ever worked with.
We have a bass player from Cuba,
a singer from Poland,
a drummer from Croatia,
a piano player from Los Angeles,
a sax player from Haiti, Canada,
a trumpet player from France.
This band has turned into my favorite all time band,
right before my eyes.
- That's been really beautiful, to watch them,
to watch the way that they, as a band, work together.
(Tahar speaks in foreign language)
- We've had this wonderful opportunity to work with Sopico,
Sofiane, who is a brilliant artist in his own right,
and Amandla Stenberg, we've discovered how musical she is.
- [André] The musicians are amazing musicians,
but they're also being asked to act.
And likewise, me as an actor, I'm having to play music.
(Tahar speaks in foreign language)
- The music of the show gives the rhythm of the show.
- [Joanna] The songs that are like
the basic of all of this creep,
this way for me, is really interesting.
- [Alan] By making the songs,
not just be breaks from everything,
but be interwoven with the drama.
I feel like they become a very compelling part of the story,
aside from the musical value.
- [Glen] All the songs that we wrote
really do reference being in Paris.
So the whole conceit of the show is that we're in Paris.
We're going to make jazz work again.
And we're going to do it here in this club.
- Yes, and the jazz club and the music is the backdrop,
but there are many things that the show is about.
- [Glen] This is about what's happening right now.
And if this music touches you and you let it into your soul,
then you know what jazz is.
- [Alan] This is the music with a heartbeat,
is driven by the drums
and by the people playing it,
and by the singer.
This is not machine driven music.
This is driven by passion and people.
(jazz music builds up)
(music stops)