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Hot Club Of Detroit

Back in 1930s Paris, the Hot Club de France kept music fans jumping and dance floors filled to their intricate and lively brand of gypsy jazz. In 21st century Detroit, the fans are jumpin' and the dance floors are filled, too--" this time to the sound of the Hot Club of Detroit, an electrifying and visionary ensemble that takes the traditions pioneered by Django Reinhardt and company and spins them in a way that's both reverent and refreshingly contemporary. As guitarist and group leader Evan Perri explains, "We want to spread the music and keep the gypsy spirit alive. But we're from Detroit

On Miles' (not so) Silent Way

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 6, 2019

On 30 July 1969 Miles Davis released In a Silent Way. After influencing generations of musicians, its tracks continue to sound as modern 50 years later as when they were first recorded. This week we celebrate the musical trail blazed by that seminal album by focusing on musicians that have embraced Miles' electric ...

Various Artists: It's Christmas On Mack Avenue

by Dan Bilawsky
November 29, 2014

The Detroit-based Mack Avenue imprint has built quite an artist roster over the past fifteen years, so why not boast about it and toast the holidays in the process? It's Christmas On Mack Avenue does just that, turning a spotlight on label mainstays, fairly new signings, heavy hitters, and rapidly ascending stars. It also makes it ...

Jazz Arts Group Presents Hot Club Of Detroit Featuring Cyrille Aimee - Sat. Oct. 12

September 11, 2013

Columbus, OH: The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series continues to heat up the Lincoln Theatre stage on Saturday, October 12 with the gypsy jazz of Hot Club of Detroit featuring the unique vocal stylings of French artist Cyrille Aimée. More than seven decades after the innovations of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, featuring ...

Junction

By Hot Club Of Detroit

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Goodbye, Mr. Anderson; Song For Gabriel; La Foule; Hey!; Chutzpah; Messe Gitane; Django Mort; Junction; Midnight In Detroit; Lonely Woman; Goodbye Mr. Shearing; Puck Bunny; Rift.

Puck Bunny

November 3, 2012

Album: Junction
By Hot Club Of Detroit
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2012
Duration: 04:02

Hot Club Of Detroit: Junction

by Dan Bilawsky
August 23, 2012

When the Hot Club Of Detroit's journey began, they followed the road that guitarist Django Reinhardt laid before them. They traveled the highways and byways of so-called “Gypsy Jazz," walking in the footsteps of their forefathers while picking up and exhibiting other influences and sounds along the way, and eventually reached a crossroad. Rather than choose ...

Swing One

Featuring the music of Hot Club Of Detroit
Duration: 4:09
August 16, 2012

Hot Club Of Detroit Adds Avant-Garde, Pop And Groove Based Elements To The Django Reinhardt Resurgence On New Mack Avenue Records Release, Junction, Available August 14

August 14, 2012

Following up It's About That Time, Night Town and the eponymous 2006 debut Hot Club of Detroit - Hot Club of Detroit expands its sonic and compositional horizons with Junction. Retaining its original lineup of reeds, two guitars, accordion, upright bass and no drums, this is the band's fourth release for Mack Avenue Records. There are ...

It's About That Time

By Hot Club Of Detroit

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 2010