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Hot Club of Spokane

Some like Spokane, and some like it Haht!

About Me


Hot Club of Spokane began in June of 2007 as Spokane’s first band in recent memory to resurrect, preserve, and perform the compositions and stylings of Django Reinhardt and the Quintette of the Hot Club of France. Not strictly a “gypsy jazz string ensemble,” Hot Club of Spokane enjoys the musical diversity of not only strings, provided by Andrew Wilson (violin), Kim Plewniak (bass), and Garrin Hertel (rhythm guitar), but also brass, performed by Michael Lenke (trumpet, flugelhorn), reeds, performed by Robert Folie (alto and baritone sax), as well as vocals, sung by Daini Hertel. The band also welcomes an exciting array of guest musicians on lead guitar, reeds, and accordion. Such diversity allows the band to infuse as much hot New Orleans Jazz into their arrangements and performances as they do the swingin’ sounds of World War II-era Paris.
As such, Hot Club of Spokane commits to delivering exciting, encouraging, toe-tapping performances of hot jazz, all the while being versatile enough to play every kind of engagement imaginable, including private parties, receptions, weddings, concerts, dance halls, and especially night clubs where the balance between dance and conversation, performance and ambiance, must be kept intact, just as the original Quintette of the Hot Club of France intended. The band achieves this balance by remaining as acoustic as possible (adjusting to the needs of each venue), and by omitting drums entirely, in keeping with the general Hot Club tradition.
Hot Club of Spokane also joins forces with other local, regional, and national jazz and swing musicians, including their friends in music, perennial local favorite, 6’ Swing , to promote and perform in the annual Think SWING! Jazz and Blues Festival, founded and organized by Hot Club of Spokane bandleader Garrin Hertel.
For more information about Hot Club of Spokane, please visit our website:
www.hotclubofspokane.com
For more information about Think SWING! Jazz and Blues Festival, please visit our website:
www.thinkswingspokane.com
Or our Think SWING! myspace page:
www.myspace.com/thinkswing
Hot Club of Spokane is also on the GoPro Musicians website, members of the AFM Local 105. Click here for more details.
Special Thanks to Walker Construction!
Hot Club of Spokane is very thankful to Walker Construction, not only for hiring us to play their 25th Anniversary Celebration at The FOX Theatre, but also for all their contributions to arts and culture in the Inland Northwest. Our region is greatly enriched by all their efforts. Here is a short video of Hot Club of Spokane performing "Zonky" at the Walker 25th Anniversary Celebration:
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Music:

Member Since: 5/8/2007
Band Website: hotclubofspokane.com
Band Members:


Lead Vocals
Daini Hertel

Trumpet
Michael Lenke

Saxophones
Robert Folie

Violin
Andrew Wilson

Bass Violin
Kim Plewniak

Rhythm Guitar
Garrin Hertel

Hot Club of Spokane plays each show with one or more guest musicians. These include:

Lead Guitar
Steve Bauer
John Bole
Ken Luker
Ryan Taylor

Accordion
Patricia Bartell

Tenor Sax/Clarinet
Jeremy Hamilton

Bass Violin
Bruce Pennell

Influences:

Django Reinhardt,
acoustic and electric

Plus:
Stephane Grappelli
Dorado Schmitt
Freddie Green
Joseph Reinhardt
Soprano Summit
Louis Armstrong
Charlie Parker
Bucky Pizzarelli
Marty Grosz
Nellie Lutcher
Bessie Smith
New Orleans Jazz Vipers
Hot Club of New Orleans
Louis Jordan
Lonnie Johnson
Cab Calloway


Sounds Like:
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Were opening for The Stolen Sweets!!!

We're so excited to be opening a concert for our good friends from Portland, The Stolen Sweets! The show is next Thursday, July 17th, at The Spokane Masonic Center. Doors at 6:30pm, concert begins a...
Posted by Hot Club of Spokane on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:39:00 PST

Video: House of the Rising Sun

Thanks to everyone who came out for Art Fest this weekend!  Thanks also to Craig Volosing for his dedication to music in Spokane, and well, especially for hiring us to play!  :)Hot Club of Spokane wil...
Posted by Hot Club of Spokane on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:44:00 PST

Hot Club of Spokane at Art Fest this weekend!

Greetings Swing Fans! Hot Club of Spokane invites you to attend Spokane ArtFest THIS WEEKEND!  This annual art festival, presented by the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, features all the b...
Posted by Hot Club of Spokane on Thu, 29 May 2008 02:35:00 PST

Hot Club of Spokane at ZOLA, Saturday May 10, 9pm

  Greetings Spokanites! Not only is it Mother's Day weekend, but it's also Gonzaga commencement weekend!  What better way to celebrate life, mothers, and the completion of four grueling yea...
Posted by Hot Club of Spokane on Fri, 09 May 2008 12:15:00 PST

Live at ella’s supper club...

The two new tracks in our player are from the April 30 show at ella's supper club in Spokane.  Special thanks to Mary Chavez of 6' Swing for sitting in with us on Crazy Rhythm!  It was a bla...
Posted by Hot Club of Spokane on Thu, 01 May 2008 09:23:00 PST

Brook Whitney Photography

Special thanks to Brook Whitney, the photographer responsible for the photos presented on our myspace page.  Please visit her photography website at www.brookwhitney.com  ...
Posted by Hot Club of Spokane on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:02:00 PST

Swing Guitars

The tune in our player is a live recording of the opening song from the Think SWING! 2007 Gypsy Jazz Jam, featuring the Pete Krebs Trio, along with Steve Bauer from 6' Swing, and then of course, Hot C...
Posted by Hot Club of Spokane on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:22:00 PST