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About Me

The Hot Club of Boulder is a hard-swingin' outfit that plays 1930s and '40s jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.HCBQ is currently a sextet comprised of three acoustic guitars, clarinet, standup bass and drums. Guitarists Barron Beshoar and Roger Franz trade hot solos with clarinetist Lorna Floyd. Bassist Greg Chiarella, and drummer Kristen Anderson provide a solid foundation. Barron and Lorna also sing period songs both familiar and obscure.This is toe-tapping, danceable music from the golden era of jazz that appeals to listeners of all ages.The Hot Club of Boulder has played dances at the Mercury Cafe in Denver, Adventures in Dance in Littleton, the Boulder Senior Center, the Katrina Benefit Dance in Longmont and, of course, the 2007 Longmont Jazz Festival, and the Longmont Swing Festival & Gypsy Rendezvous (which we produce). . We have also played the Longmont summer Concerts in Park series, Rhythm on the River, coffee house gigs, Democratic political rallies, wedding receptions, and private parties. On September 20, 2008 HCB had the honor to play Djangofest Colorado with Robin Nolan, John Jorgenson, and Gonzalo Bergara.

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Member Since: 5/12/2006
Band Website: www.hotclubofboulder.com
Band Members: Barron Beshoar - lead guitar and vocals. Roger Franz - guitar. Greg Chiarella - bass, Lorna Floyd - clarinet and vocals. Kristin Anderson - drums.
Influences: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Bireli Lagrene, Tchavolo Schmitt, Fapy Lafertin, Robin Nolan, Romane, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Dave Van Ronk, Helen Forrest, Helen Ward, Mildred Bailey, Peggy Lee.
Sounds Like: QHCF, Hot Club of Cowtown, Hot Club of San Francisco, Pearl Django.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Djangofest Colorado

The first Djangofest Colorado took place in Crested Butte on September 19th and 20th. Nearly everyone in the Colorado gypsy jazz scene turned up for the occasion, and the weekend had the feel of...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:18:00 GMT

Longmont Swing Festival and Djangofest Colorado

We have a new clarinet player, the lovely Lorna Floyd from Fort Collins. Lorna also plays sax in the FortJazz big band, the 11 piece Archie Funker band, and her own trio. She has made...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:54:00 GMT

Busy summer ends on a high note

HCB had a busy summer. It began with the addition of several new players. The first new recruits were Professor Jim Dailey on bass and Bud Hivner on rhythm guitar. In June we ad...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:10:00 GMT

New HCB playing out

The new line up of HCB tried its wings at a Longmont art gallery this week. From our perspective the performance was pretty rough, but the feedback we got from the audience was all positive.&nbs...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:35:00 GMT

HCB active again with new members

Hot Club of Boulder is about ready to play out again with Jim Dailey on bass and Bud Hivner on third guitar. We'll debut the new lineup, and a full set of new material, at Longmont Swing F...
Posted by on Tue, 08 May 2007 23:18:00 GMT

HCB aired on Canal Bleu in France

The Hot Club of Boulder is getting airplay in France, the home of jazz manouche! Our recording of Exactly Like You will air several times in the first week of May on Canal Bleu, 94.3. Let us kno...
Posted by on Tue, 08 May 2007 23:09:00 GMT

Hot Club of Boulder seeks new players

HCB has been inactive for several months following the departure of our violinist and bassist. We had hoped they would come back when they got other, non-musical, issues under control--but no su...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:25:00 GMT

Djangofest NW

I spent last week on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, home of Djangofest NW. I djammed with a friend from Portland and several of his friends--all good players and very nice folks. Thank you...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:49:00 GMT

Remixing the demo

We went back to Penny In The Water Recording in Strasburg on July 9th. Laurie fixed a minor problem with a violin track and added two harmony vocals to "Comes Love". Barron replayed about ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:00:00 GMT

Demo Recording

We recorded a nice demo on Sunday, June 25th. Kevin Yost of The Cottonwood Club engineered it for us. Many thanks, Kevin. We got 4 tunes down: Coquette, Comes Love, Some Of The...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:22:00 GMT