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Sales Rank: 65073
Category: Music
Artist: Hot Club Of Detroit
Publisher: Mack Avenue
Studio: Mack Avenue
Manufacturer: Mack Avenue
Label: Mack Avenue
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1041
UPC: 673203104129
EAN: 0673203104129
ASIN: B0019M82QM
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | I Want to Be Happy - Hot Club of Detroit, Caesar, Irving | | • | J'Attendrai - Hot Club of Detroit, Oliveri, Dino | | • | Valse a Rosenthal - Hot Club of Detroit, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Seven Steps to Heaven - Hot Club of Detroit, Davis, Miles | | • | Speevy - Hot Club of Detroit, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Coquette - Hot Club of Detroit, Green, Johnny | | • | Sweet Substitute - Hot Club of Detroit, Morton, Jelly Roll | | • | Blues Up and Down - Hot Club of Detroit, Ammons, Gene | | • | Pour Parler - Hot Club of Detroit, Leguidcoq, Patrick | | • | Melodie au Crepuscule - Hot Club of Detroit, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Two Weeks - Hot Club of Detroit, Perri, Evan | | • | Tzigane - Hot Club of Detroit, Ravel, Maurice | | • | Django's Monkey - Hot Club of Detroit, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Night Town - Hot Club of Detroit, Perri, Evan | | • | Swing 05 - Hot Club of Detroit, Perri, Evan |
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Product Description
Night Town, the follow-up to Hot Club Of Detroit's acclaimed Mack Avenue self-titled debut, showcases the band's maturity, virtuosity, and musical growth. While HCOD remains true to their Gypsy Jazz roots - and continues to tip their collective hat to D'Jango Reinhardt - Night Town delves into a deeper and wider milieu, drawing inspiration from the clubs of New Orleans to the free wheeling architecture of Miles Davis. Featuring collaborative compositions, these five-time Detroit Music Award winners are poised to cast an even wider net in 2008
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Though not an instant classic, Night Town, the sophomore album from Hot Club of Detroit, is pleasant from start to finish. The band continues in its homage to guitarist "Django" Reinhardt, but an element of the group's own style that wasn't apparent on the debut set emerges. Particularly, the acoustic guitar work of leader Evan Perri is impressive, as is the soprano and tenor sax work of recent addition Carl Cafagna. Also impressive is the diversity of song selections: Miles Davis' "Seven Steps to Heaven," Jelly Roll Morton's "Sweet Substitute," Reinhardt's "Speevy" and "Melodie au Crepuscule," and original compositions "Two Weeks," "Night Town," and "Swing 05." The set flows nicely, kicking off with the toe-tapper "I Want to Be Happy." From there, HCoD features accordionist Julien Labro on two French tunes: "J'Attendrai" and "Valse a Rosenthal." While Night Town maintains an undeniable Parisian cafe sound throughout, Cafagna adds a taste of modern jazz with his solo turns on "Coquette" and "Melodie au Crepuscule." The most interesting song on the set is "Two Weeks," wherein Cafagna and Labro engage in a call-and-response between their respective instruments. --Eric C.P. Martin
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 The "lukewarm" club of detroit November 24, 2008
What can I say? I absolutely loved the first CD. The music was classic and the performances were extremely original and virtuostic. "Night town" is neither. The music is boring and even Julien Labro - one of the centerpieces - was disappointing. It is not, however, his fault. The key difference is that the other centerpiece - the clarinet (Dave Bennett) - is conspicuosly missing. If you listen again to the first CD, you'll see how almost all the music is essentially built around the sheer brilliance of Bennett. Don't get me wrong, Evan Perri and the sax addition - Carl Cafagna - are still excellent musicians, but the music is no longer what it was - the style is completely different and the whole group just does not fit together as nicely as it did in the first CD. Sadly it is much more like easy listening than gypsy jazz.
 Infectious. September 8, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
With its new arrangements, and some inspired choices of material, Hot Club of Detroit gives a new twist to the perennially popular sound of gypsy guitar star Django and his groups.
Led by fast-fingered Reinhardt disciple Evan Perri, the group includes accordionist Julien Labro, a native of Marseilles, soprano and tenor saxophonist Carl Cafagna, rhythm guitarist Paul Brady and bassist Shannon Wade.
This relatively young band finds its inspiration from the famous Quintette Du Hot Club du France made famous by jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt and violin master Stephane Grappelli.
Pioneered by founder Evan Perri, this exciting, young ensemble includes a lead acoustic guitar, two rhythm acoustic guitars, clarinet, chromatic button accordion, and stand-up string bass
They combine their decidedly modern edge with the classic European jazz of the 30s to create new Gypsy fire!
Evan Perri may not be anything like as dazzling a guitarist as his hero, but where this CD scores is in recreating the laid-back French vibe of Reinhardt's best recordings.
This music evolves from the French musette sounds of yore and incorporates styles such as New Orleans jazz, Bluegrass, Eastern European, Carribean beguine, Brazilian choro and samba.
Despite the varied vibes, this excellent follow up to the group's 2006 debut CD has an amazing and irresistible cohesion.
Best tracks: "Speevy", "I Want To Be Happy", "Django's Monkey" and Maurice Ravel's "Tzigane".
Hot Club of Detroit
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