Hot Club De Norvege - Stardust (2017)

HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE - the original pioneers from the renaissance of the Django Reinhardt music in the 70-ies. Their starting point was the music of Django and the Quintette du Hot Club de France, mixed with gypsy folklore, waltzes and mainstram jazz, but also alternatives, like Frank Zappa, and Salvador Dalí (guitar player Larsen started as a painter). Today they have developed their own sound, and has become icons in the contemporary gypsy jazz. STARDUST (2017) is their new album With gypsy jazz from Grieg to Zappa. The title (and the front cover) is a hint to guitar player Jon Larsen's amazing discovery: there is STARDUST (small mineral particles from Space) everywhere! HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE are famous to a large audience for their rare blend of virtuoso music and surrealistic humour, and they are touring world wide. They have performed and recorded with all the stars of the gypsy swing, from Stéphane Grappelli and Stochelo Rosenberg, to Jimmy Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre and Bireli Lagrene. They have also played with several classical ensembles and orchestras, from the Vertavo Quartet and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to classical stars like Nigel Kennedy. Hot Club de Norvège have released more than 30 CDs, and DVDs. The magical gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt is sweeping across the world, and Hot Club de Norvège is one of the truly original groups in the genre. Their traditional string jazz quartet has a mature sound like no other, and is often extended when violinist Finn Hauge swich to his chromatic harmonica, in the style of Toots Thielemans. Guitar player Jon Larsen is one of the top jazz guitar players in the Django style today. He is also a composer, and has received several awards.

HOT CLUB DE NORVEGE is: Jon Larsen (guitar), Finn Hauge (violin and harmonica), Stian Vågen Nilsen (guitar) and Svein Aarbostad (bass).