Hot Club of Saratoga - Tuesday, May 28th, 2019. 6-8pm

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Join us on Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 from 6pm to 8 pm in Hubbard Hall for an evening of great swing music and pizza from the Round House Bakery Café. Box office will open at 5:30pm in the Cafe.

Tickets will be sold at the door only! $20 if not eating and $10 with the purchase of food and drinks.

Hot Club of Saratoga, the Capital Region’s premier gypsy swing ensemble, plays a repertoire that reflects the spirit and style originated by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli in The Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Most prominently developed in 1930’s and 40’s Paris, this genre has been kept alive through a long line of gypsy jazz artists since that time. Most of the tunes Hot Club of Saratoga plays were written or recorded by Django at some time in his musical life, hot swing music of the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s.

The instrumentation of the full quintet allows HCS to explore this style throughout the range of its roots, true to its origins while subtly expanding the genre. Hot Club’s repertoire covers the range from sweet, soulful balladry, through hard driving swing, and fiery, upbeat tempos, sure to bring a smile and irresistible desire to move.

Since forming in early 2013, Hot Club of Saratoga has brought the hot swing sound to coffee houses, restaurants, bars, clubs, swing dances, festivals, weddings, corporate events, and numerous private parties.

Sarah Craig of Caffe Lena introduced HCS for their January 2018 concert with, "I would have to count Hot Club of Saratoga as being probably about the best thing that's happened to the local music scene in the last 5 years in Saratoga."

A neighbor told Hot Club, “Whenever you guys rehearse, I open my windows so I can hear you. Your music just makes me happy!” Yes! That's the goal!

Featured at Hubbard Hall will be Hot Club’s Artist-in-Residence coming to us from Paris, guitarist Brad Brose; Chuck Kish, rhythm guitar; Jonathan Greene, clarinet; Tucker Callander, violin; and Dylan Perrillo, bass and vocals.

 

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