In-School Performances

HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO

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“THIS MUSIC IS  ABOUT A BALANCE OF EXCITEMENT AND BEAUTY, AND HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO HAS FOUND THE PERFECT BALANCE.”
Jazzweek.com
“...ONE OF THE MOST COHESIVE AND ENTERTAINING GYPSY SWING BANDS IN THE UNITED STATES.”
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“...A DAZZLING DISPLAY...”
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Performance Highlights

03.11.10
Aquila Theatre
Overture Center, Madison, WI

03.12.10
[Flamenco Vivo]/Carlota Santana
Gallo Center for the Arts
Modesto, CA

03.12.10
Danu
Wilson Center for the Arts - Brookfield, WI

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from the album - Postcards from Gypsyland
Not So Fast (Levy)
La Gitane (Vidal)
Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Reinhardt/Arr.Manchon)
from the album- Swing This
Swing This (Mehling)
La Foule (Rivegauche/Cabral)
excerpts from Meet Me in Paris (featuring Isabelle Fontaine)
Me, Myself, and I (Gordon/Roberts/Kaufman)
excerpts from the album - Hot Club's Cool Yule
Djingle Bells
Don Rodolfo
Carol of the Bells

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Tours & Projects

Hot Club of San Francisco - Touring 09-10-11

The Hot Club of San Francisco plays the gypsy jazz music of guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli and the original Hot Club de France. This unique jazz form recalls Paris in the 1930s and offers a swinging beat with a sweet melody. The Hot Club performs many of the original works by Reinhardt and Grappelli and incorporates original works by guitarist Paul Mehling and violinist, Evan Price. Other composers such as Claude Debussy and “Jelly Roll” Morton make appearances as well. An evening with The Hot Club of San Francisco offers a night of unforgettable music.

Special projects include “Silent Surrealism,” a series of four black and white shorts from the 1930s accompanied by The Hot Club of San Francisco. 

“Meet Me in Paris” is a beautiful collaboration with vocalist Isabelle Fontaine. Singing in both English and French, Ms. Fontaine lends an extra bit of Parisian spice to the evening.