As a bit of a warm up, Hot Club of Spokane has dropped a few Christmas songs for all to enjoy, including the most famous Christmas song of all time made popular by the most famous Jazz singer from Spokane, Bing Crosby's "White Christmas". Of course, this group does it Hot Club style. In addition to "White Christmas", Hot Club of Spokane has provided winning covers of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "Baby Its Cold Outside", "Christmas Night In Harlem" (as "Christmas Night In Hillyard"), and "Zat You Santa Claus". All are available free through Soundcloud. If you like what you hear, be sure to support the band by helping them reach their Kickstarter goal.
Hot Club Jazz is Jazz in the tradition of Django Reinhardt. It's generally a swinging acoustic kind of Jazz centered on guitar and violin. Among others, Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey, Billy Tipton, and Jimmy Rowles all called Spokane home. Who knew that Spokane had such a long and proud Jazz history? Apparently not too many folks. At least that's what the members of the Hot Club of Spokane learned by talking to the people of the city and surrounding areas. The Hot Club's bandleader and guitarist, Garrin Hertel is also the publisher of Nostalgia Magazine, devoted to the history and culture of the local area. He believes its important that the citizens of Spokane learn of the city's prestigious Jazz history so that they might keep it alive and pass it on to future generations. And, to that end, Hot Club of Spokane is currently raising money via Kickstarter to record a CD that will feature the Jazz music written and/or made famous by Spokanians of the past (Spokanites? Spokaners?).
As a bit of a warm up, Hot Club of Spokane has dropped a few Christmas songs for all to enjoy, including the most famous Christmas song of all time made popular by the most famous Jazz singer from Spokane, Bing Crosby's "White Christmas". Of course, this group does it Hot Club style. In addition to "White Christmas", Hot Club of Spokane has provided winning covers of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "Baby Its Cold Outside", "Christmas Night In Harlem" (as "Christmas Night In Hillyard"), and "Zat You Santa Claus". All are available free through Soundcloud. If you like what you hear, be sure to support the band by helping them reach their Kickstarter goal.
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