Fleur Seule is a retro jazz band and salsa band led by Allyson Briggs, “The Glamour Girl of Jazz,” and “La Rubia de la Salsa.” (The Blonde of the Salsa). She is a talented multilingual cabaret singer.
Fleur Seule is a Trip Back to the 1940s
The band plays jazz, swing, ballroom and salsa in a presentation that channels 1940s glamour. The band’s name is French for “lonely flower.” Glamorous songbird Allyson Briggs is a real torch singer. She sings in seven languages.
The band plays memories by Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich, Dinah Shore, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis, Jr., Louis Armstrong, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, and more.
Briggs sings salsa too. She can take you to Old Havana or Old San Juan. We asked Allyson if she claims a Latin heritage. She told us she is Puerto Rican by marriage. Being another Boricua de corazón, we tease her about it, but Allyson says, “When I start to sing, they know.” ¡WEPA! 🇵🇷
Fleur Seule in New York City
The Fleur Seule 15-Piece Big Band plays a special Salsa Night at the Hard Rock Hotel, in the Sessions Lounge, in the Times Square Theater District, on Saturday, February 18, 2023 from 7pm – 2am. From $51. fleurseule.com 🇵🇷
Fleur Seule plays Salsa Night at the Hard Rock Hotel, in the Sessions Lounge, in the Times Square Theater District, on Tuesdays in January 2023 from 5-8pm.
Fleur Seule plays 1940s Jazz and Latin Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park most Sundays in 2022 from 12-4pm.
Fleur Seule’s Allyson Briggs makes her Carnegie Hall debut celebrating Peggy Lee and the American Songbook with Michael Feinstein and Ciara Renée in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $83. 🇵🇷
We don’t know the set list, but this could be really interesting. Peggy Lee is famous for “Fever.” Allyson can sing it like La Lupe.
Fleur Seule sings “Latin Love Songs” at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen on Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 8:30pm. From $20. Take a trip back to Rio de Janeiro, Old Havana and Old San Juan. Think Carmen Miranda, Celia Cruz and La Lupe. That’s some great music. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇵🇷
If you love 1940s glamour, don’t miss Fleur Seule. fleurseule.com
