Hot Club of Philadelphia

Hot Club of Philadelphia Presents: ‘Django Meets the Beatles, Dylan & More!’ We’ll be doing songs by the Beatles, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, etc. in the Gypsy Jazz style & pieces by Django Reinhardt. Featuring Phyllis Chapell, Joseph Arnold, Barry Wahrhaftig, Josh Machiz & Zack Devine Join us for a night of great music with The Hot Club of Philadelphia and Curt Lippe! They are an acoustic ensemble, dedicated to playing ‘Gypsy Jazz.’ That’s the term used to describe the music pioneered by the legendary original ‘Hot Club of France Quintet,’ which was led by guitarist Django Reinhardt and Violinist Stephane Grappelli. The show will feature Josh Machiz – bass, Barry Wahrhaftig & Zack Devine – guitar & vocals, & Joe Arnold on violin. They’ll be playing songs from their current CD ‘Gypsy – Americana,’ along with songs by Nat ‘King’ Cole, The Beatles, Hendrix & John Prine. Video link from World Cafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri7qCswKXPI From WHYY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtKHJ5j-o00 Curt Lippe is a virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist and an area favorite. With his multitudes of guitar styles, Curt Lippe has been entertaining audiences since the 1980s. Curt plays ragtime, swing, classical, standards, blues, pop songs and his own unique originals on the acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Curt’s CD ‘On The Main Line’ has been played on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’, the nationally syndicated ‘World Cafe’, the Gene Shay folk music radio show and many other radio stations. Curt has opened for national folk and blues artists such as Tony Trischka, Guy Van Duser and Paul Geremia. Curt also plays his unique arrangements of music by Jeff Beck, Bob Dylan and others.