Hot Club of Cowtown
Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club
135 Congress Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Aug 7, 2024
7:30 PM EDT
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"This trio's stylistic genesis-as well as title-stems from the realization that the great heritage of strings (guitars and violins) originates mutually with the Manouche gypsies of France and the no-less virtuosic hillbilly pickers and fiddlers of Oklahoma and Texas...Together for over 15 years and a dozen albums, the threesome of high-heeled violinist Elana James, guitarist Whit Smith and bassist Jake Erwin showed from the beginning that jazz and country music could exist together on the same page, a highly commendable achievement if ever there was one," raves the WALL STREET JOURNAL. James's inventive violin style can still conjure up the unique image of Bob Wills strolling through Tin Pan Alley," says JAZZ TIMES. The hot jazz is what Hot Club do best, and this is a staggering return to form for the band I once said I could listen to forever. That still stands," states COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE.
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The mission of Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club is to provide guests a one-of-a-kind, world-class experience featuring serious jazz and blues music served with exceptional New E...
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*NOTE: We're excited to announce that for summer 2024 tour dates including July 20 in Mexia, TX at Cindy Walker Days, July 24 in Tulsa, OK at Cain's Ballroom, and for our Northeastern USA run July 30 - August 11, the Hot Club of Cowtown will be performing in its original lineup with Jake Erwin on bass, Elana James on fiddle and Whit Smith on guitar. Yay!
"Hot Club Of Cowtown sounds like it's spent the last 40 years in tiny rural clubs. The group's old-fashioned mixture of Western swing and hot jazz leaves all the irony at home, and what's left is a refreshingly sweet-natured, accomplished, old-school treat, mixing the perky rhythms of swing masters like Bob Wills with the European gypsy music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli." -The Onion
Read More"Hot Club Of Cowtown sounds like it's spent the last 40 years in tiny rural clubs. The group's old-fashioned mixture of Western swing and hot jazz leaves all the irony at home, and what's left is a refreshingly sweet-natured, accomplished, old-school treat, mixing the perky rhythms of swing masters like Bob Wills with the European gypsy music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli." -The Onion
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