Hot Club Of Detroit - Night Town

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 63:33
Size: 145.5 MB
Label: Mack Avenue
Styles: Gypsy jazz, Swing
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. I Want To Be Happy
[4:39] 2. J'attendrai
[2:45] 3. Valse A Rosenthal
[3:19] 4. Seven Steps To Heaven
[4:37] 5. Speevy
[5:11] 6. Coquette
[3:21] 7. Sweet Substitute
[3:46] 8. Blues Up And Down
[5:56] 9. Pour Parler
[3:28] 10. Melodie Au Crepuscule
[5:04] 11. Two Weeks
[3:41] 12. Tzigane
[4:11] 13. Django's Monkey
[5:09] 14. Night Town
[5:21] 15. Swing 05

While the legendary Belgian jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt might not be a household word, his influence extends far beyond his 1930s and `40s heyday. Many jazz musicians (along with eclectics David Grisman and John Jorgenson) have been influenced directly or indirectly by his unique six-string style and his synthesis of Swing-era jazz with Central European folk, gypsy, and pop sounds. The Hot Club of Detroit pays direct tribute to Django without coming off as unoriginal or retro. Basically acoustic, the HCD have an arsenal of guitars, accordion, sax, clarinet, and bass, and NIGHT TOWN is an inspired mix of standards and originals performed with plenty of jovial, earnest swing and old-school gentility. There are post-Django influences as well, such as the pre-electric cool style of Miles Davis ("Seven Steps To Heaven").

Recording information: Lava Room Recording Studios, Clevland, OH.

Evan Perri (guitar); Paul Brady (steel guitar, nylon-string guitar); Julien Labro (accordion); Carl Cafagna (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Shannon Wade (upright bass)

Night Town

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