San Francisco Performances Presents: Le Jazz Hot Holiday Concert
Organization:
San Francisco Performances - 35th Anniversary Season
Category:
Concert
Geographical Area:
San Francisco
Start
Date:
12/6/2014
End Date:
12/6/2014
Start Time:
11:00 AM
End Time:
12:30 PM
Event
Info:
Fire up your holidays with gypsy jazz in a swinging holiday concert featuring many favorites and rare seasonal gems. Performed by Le Jazz Hot in their inimitable style reminiscent of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France, this dazzling holiday offering has something for everyone. Children are encouraged to attend.
Le Jazz Hot consists of performers Paul Mehling, leader, Isabelle Fontaine, Evan Price, Jeff Magidson and Sam Rocha.
Paul Mehling, the leader of Le Jazz Hot and the man dubbed the godfather of American gypsy jazz, discovered the music of Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in grammar school. Decades later the music that took root in his young soul finally bore fruit.
In 1985, he heard Dan Hicks was looking for a lead guitarist for his new band, The Acoustic Warriors. Mehling got the job and stayed with the band until 1990. "After the Loma Prieta earthquake, I finally decided it was time to make the leap [from Santa Cruz]. I moved to San Francisco and auditioned people for months, but nobody knew how to play this music. Finally, I started training people how to play gypsy style jazz."
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