Hot Club De Norvege - Stardust

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:18
Size: 110.6 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:48] 1. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[4:17] 2. Kvalsundet
[4:27] 3. Ved Rondane
[4:36] 4. Blessed Relief
[3:37] 5. Webster
[4:23] 6. The Bear And The Strawberry Tree
[3:04] 7. Jersey Bounce
[5:03] 8. Stardust
[2:49] 9. It Had To Be You
[3:39] 10. Meanwhile, Down On Earth
[3:15] 11. That's Why They Call Me Shine
[4:16] 12. Dream Of You

HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE - the original pioneers from the renaissance of the Django Reinhardt music in the 70-ies. Their starting point was the music of Django and the Quintette du Hot Club de France, mixed with gypsy folklore, waltzes and mainstram jazz, but also alternatives, like Frank Zappa, and Salvador Dalí (guitar player Larsen started as a painter). Today they have developed their own sound, and has become icons in the contemporary gypsy jazz. STARDUST (2017) is their new album With gypsy jazz from Grieg to Zappa. The title (and the front cover) is a hint to guitar player Jon Larsen's amazing discovery: there is STARDUST (small mineral particles from Space) everywhere! HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE are famous to a large audience for their rare blend of virtuoso music and surrealistic humour, and they are touring world wide. They have performed and recorded with all the stars of the gypsy swing, from Stéphane Grappelli and Stochelo Rosenberg, to Jimmy Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre and Bireli Lagrene. They have also played with several classical ensembles and orchestras, from the Vertavo Quartet and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to classical stars like Nigel Kennedy. Hot Club de Norvège have released more than 30 CDs, and DVDs. The magical gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt is sweeping across the world, and Hot Club de Norvège is one of the truly original groups in the genre. Their traditional string jazz quartet has a mature sound like no other, and is often extended when violinist Finn Hauge swich to his chromatic harmonica, in the style of Toots Thielemans. Guitar player Jon Larsen is one of the top jazz guitar players in the Django style today. He is also a composer, and has received several awards.

HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE is: Jon Larsen (guitar), Finn Hauge (violin and harmonica), Stian Vågen Nilsen (guitar) and Svein Aarbostad (bass).

Stardust

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Hot Club De Norvège - Hot Shots

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:00
Size: 142.0 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz, Swing
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[4:15] 1. Swing For Ninine
[4:26] 2. Dans Le Regard De Laura
[3:39] 3. Les Yeux Noirs
[7:07] 4. Den Ensomme Ulv
[4:01] 5. Ombre
[9:51] 6. Manoir De Mes Rêves
[5:02] 7. Nuits De Saint Germain Des Prés
[3:15] 8. Valse De Lacheben Mintch Valse
[3:40] 9. Salla
[3:41] 10. Moppin' The Bride
[5:12] 11. Cool Trane
[3:23] 12. In Memory Of Danny Gatton
[4:22] 13. Swing '42

Per Frydenlund, Jimmy Rosenberg, Jon Larsen (guitar, acoustic guitar); Romane, Babik Reinhardt (guitar); Finn Hauge (violin, harmonica).

Hot Club de Norvège is a string Jazz quartet from Norway, established in 1979, by guitar player Jon Larsen with childhood friends Per Frydenlund and Svein Aarbostad (b/poetry). They are influenced by the music of Hot Club de France, and the French gypsy guitar player Django Reinhardt they formed a quartet with violinist Ivar Brodahl (1928-2003), later replaced by Finn Hauge, that became part of the international renaissance of the gypsy jazz music in the 1980s.

Hot Shots

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Hot Club De Norvege - Gloomy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:14
Size: 78.4 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz
Year: 1984/2008
Art: Front

[3:45] 1. Monsieur Camembert
[4:31] 2. Diminishing Blackness
[2:49] 3. Micro
[2:46] 4. Gloomy Sunday
[4:24] 5. Troublant Bolero
[4:03] 6. It Don't Mean A Thing
[2:47] 7. Oriental Shuffle
[2:39] 8. I'll See You In My Dreams
[4:42] 9. Nature Boy
[1:43] 10. Spurven (The Hot Canary)

Showing a slightly darker mood of Hot Club de Norvège, this record gave the band a commercial breakthrough in France - the home of String Swing. Featuring violinist Ivar Brodahl - considered one of Europe's finest instrumentalists of the tradition.

Gloomy

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Hot Club De Norvège - Vertavo

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:04
Size: 95.3 MB
Styles: Swing, Gypsy jazz, String Quartet
Year: 1996/2005
Art: Front

[3:56] 1. Strings To Come
[2:05] 2. Spellbound
[2:40] 3. Gandhi's Revenge
[3:40] 4. Karlov
[2:27] 5. Femme Fatale
[4:39] 6. Blue Strings
[2:48] 7. Strictly Taboo
[5:54] 8. Fido
[2:09] 9. The Missing Link
[3:17] 10. Pascal
[4:24] 11. Fata Morgana
[3:01] 12. Oblivion

HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE is one of the original pioneers from the renaissance of the Django Reinhardt music in the 70-ies. Their starting point was the music of Django and the Quintette du Hot Club de France, mixed with gypsy folklore, waltzes and mainstram jazz, but also alternatives, like Frank Zappa, Carl Barks and Salvador Dalí. Today they have developed their own sound, and continue the search for a contemporary expression of the gypsy jazz.

HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE are famous to a large audience for their rare blend of virtuoso music and surrealistic humour, and they are touring world wide. They have performed and recorded with all the stars of the gypsy swing, from Stéphane Grappelli and Stochelo Rosenberg, to Jimmy Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre and Bireli Lagrene. They have also played with several classical ensembles and orchestras, from the Vertavo Quartet and Kristianssand Symphony Orchestra, to classical stars like Nigel Kennedy. Hot Club de Norvège have released more than 30 CDs, and DVDs.

HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE is: Jon Larsen (guitar), Finn Hauge (violin and harmonica), Per Frydenlund (guitar) and Svein Aarbostad (bass)

The Vertavo Quartet is internationally recognised as one of the most masterful string quartets playing today. Since their formation in Norway in 1984, their dynamic and deeply thoughtful performances have captivated audiences. In June 2005, the quartet was honoured with the Grieg-Prize: a prize bestowed on artists of high international standing and whose former recipients include Leif Ove Andsnes, Truls Mørk and the Grieg Trio. Just ten years previously in 1995 they had won First Prize at the 2nd Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition where they were also awarded the Audience prize and the Critics' prize.

Vertavo now play at all the major concert venues in the world. They tour extensively throughout Europe and also in Japan and the US. Their last US tour in 2013 included performances at Stanford Lively Arts, Chamber Music in Napa Valley and Lincoln Center. In the past year, tours and concerts have also taken them to Norway, Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Poland and the UK.

Vertavo String Quartet is: Øyvor Volle - violin; Annabelle Meare - violin; Berit Cardas - viola; Bjørg Lewis - cello.

Vertavo

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