Hot Club de Norvège is a string jazz quartet from Norway, established in 1979, by guitarist Jon Larsen with childhood friends Per Frydenlund and Svein Aarbostad.[1]
Hot Club de Norvège | |
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 Hot Club de Norvège in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Gypsy jazz, jazz |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Hot Club |
| Members | Ola Erlien Gildas Le Pape Finn Hauge Svein Aarbostad |
| Past members | Jon Larsen Per Frydenlund Ivar Brodahl |
Biography
editThey are influenced by the music of Hot Club de France, and the French gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. They formed a quartet with violinist Ivar Brodahl (1928–2003), later replaced by Finn Hauge, that became part of the international renaissance of the gypsy jazz in the 1980s.[2]
Hot Club de Norvege has worked with Stéphane Grappelli, Jimmy Rosenberg, Stochelo Rosenberg, Nigel Kennedy, and the Vertavo String Quartet.
In 1980 they started the Django Festival in Norway.[1]
Larsen retired in 2019 and was replaced with then 18-year old Ola Erlien.[3]
Band members
editCurrent
- Ola Erlien (guitar)
- Gildas Le Pape (guitar)
- Finn Hauge (violin and harmonica)
- Svein Aarbostad (upright bass)
Past
- Jon Larsen (guitar)
- Per Frydenlund (guitar)
- Ivar Brodahl (violin)
Discography
edit- 1981: String Swing (Herman)
- 1982: String SwingOld, New, Borrowed & Blue (Hot Club)
- 1984: Gloomy (Hot Club)
- 1986: Swing De Paris (Hot Club)
- 1997: Hot Shots (Hot Club)
- 1999: Moreno (Hot Club), with Moreno Winterstein featuring Angelo Debarre
- 2000: Hot Club De Norvege Featuring Ola Kvernberg & Jimmy Rosenberg (Hot Club)
- 2001: Swinging With Vertavo, Angelo & Jimmy (Hot Club), featuring Ulf Wakenius
- 2002: White Night Stories (Hot Club)
- 2005: Hot Cats (Hot Club), with Camellia String Quartet
- 2005: White Night Live (Hot Club), with Ola Kvernberg and the Tromsø Symphony Orchestra
- 2005: Vertavo (Hot Club), featuring Ulf Wakenius and the Vertavo String Quartet
- 2008: Django Music (Hot Club)
- 2009: A Portrait of Jon Larsen (Hot Club)
References
edit- ^ a b "Hot Club de Norvège". Biography (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ^ "Hot Club de Norvège - band_news". HotClub.no. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ^ "Jon Larsen legger fra seg gitaren etter 40 år for å forske på stjernestøv".
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