Jazz Articles about Hot Club of Philadelphia

Hot Club of Philadelphia: Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

by Wade Luquet
March 1, 2014

Gypsy jazz has had a resurgence of late with Hot Club bands and Django Reinhardt-style guitar strummers and pickers popping up in major cities world-wide. Philadelphia boasts one of the hottest of these bands— The Hot Club of Philadelphia. More than a Django cover band, this group adds a gypsy twist to a multitude of tunes including those from the Great American Songbook on their CD Wrap Your Trouble In Dreams. Led by a master of the genre, ...