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The Hot Club of Detroit at EEC
The Hot Club of Detroit at EEC
Date Posted: February 23 2011
Written By: Chicago Jazz
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By popular demand: Hot Club of Detroit returns to ECC March 4 & 5 The Hot Club of Detroit returns to Elgin Community College Arts Center, building on a popular engagement last year, on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5.
The quintet performs at 8 p.m. on both nights at the college, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
For more than seven decades, combos called “Hot Clubs” have channeled the gypsy jazz sound of French guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Since they founded the first Hot Club in Paris in 1934, the combos have spread throughout the globe, swinging settings as diverse as Tokyo, San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, Sweden, Norway, and Austria.
Hot Club of Detroit offers a fresh take on the tradition—substituting the violin with a saxophone and an accordion, and incorporating a more modern jazz sound. Since its founding in 2003 by lead guitarist Evan Perri, the group has quickly risen to prominence, garnering critical acclaim and five Detroit Music Awards. Their current release is 2010’s It’s About That Time.
“We use the gypsy jazz thing as a springboard for all these wonderful ideas we have in our heads that we’ve grown up with here in Detroit,” Perri explains. “In the future, I’d even like to incorporate some Motown.”
Tickets are $20 for the March 4 show and $25 for March 5. A French-themed gourmet dinner prepared by students of ECC’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Program can be purchased for an additional $21. Dinners must be purchased in advance by Wednesday, March 2.
Tickets for all performances in the ECC Arts Center are available online at tickets.elgin.edu or at the ECC box office located in the arts center. Box office hours are noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone, call 847-622-0300 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 847-622-0300 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. All major credit cards are accepted.
For more information about the ECC Arts Center, visit elgin.edu/arts. Video clips of upcoming artists and events can be found at youtube.com/ECCArtsCenter. Connect with the arts center via Standing Room Only, a blog at eccartscenter.com. Follow the arts center on Twitter at twitter.com/ECCArtsCenter. Become a fan of the arts center on Facebook at facebook.com/ECCArtsCenter.
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