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Contact:
Matt Sircely
681 17th St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 301-3789
Email:
matt@mattsircely.com
website:
www.hotclubsandwich.com
Hot Club Sandwich
One of the most vibrant emerging acoustic bands on the West Coast, Hot Club
Sandwich has captured the spirit of hot jazz bands from the early 20th Century
for more than six years. Featuring the instrumentation of guitars, upright bass,
mandolin and violin, HCS draws inspiration from the classic string swing
ensembles and big bands of the 1930s and 40s, with particular reverence for the
work of Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grappelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club of
France.
In Parisian theaters and clubs of the mid-1930s, Reinhardt and Grappelli combined the melodic and improvisational aspects of American swing with the French Musette tradition and the driving rhythmic feel from Gypsy music. The resulting fusion of styles spawned a vibrant "Gypsy jazz" scene, which continues to thrive today around the world.
Hot Club Sandwich
cultivates innovation in its own fashion, drawing on and building upon the Gypsy
jazz tradition with unique arrangements, original compositions and inspired
improvisations. HCS also explores folkloric traditions from the early 20th
Century, such as the Brazilian
choro
mandolin tradition, the violin music of Mexico's Hot Lands, and folk tunes
common to the Gypsy repertoire such as "Two Guitars." Along with unique
treatments of familiar swing standards, HCS also introduces audiences to the
work of other great composers of the era, including vocal arrangements and
instrumental mastery of the legendary Argentinian guitarist Oscar Aleman and the
New York duo Slim and Slam.
Archtop guitarist Ray Wood, a long-standing inspiration to the group, joined HCS in 2005. With more than 50 years on the bandstand, Ray has performed worldwide and is a leading guitar instructor at Northwest workshops and festivals. The Gypsy rhythm sound comes begins with guitarists Kevin Connor and Greg Ruby, who play guitars with a design originally crafted to cut through the smoky din of Parisian clubs without amplification. Tim Wetmiller delivers adventurous violin solos and Matt Sircely adds mandolin flourishes, with James Schneider providing the foundational pulse on bass. Together they create the joyous and uplifting Hot Club Sandwich sound.
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