Hot Club of San Francisco: “Hot Club Cool Yule” (2009), mediafire.com mp3

Artist - Hot Club of San Francisco
Album - “Hot Club Cool Yule”
Genre - Gypsy Swing
Label - Azica Records
Format - Mp3 , 256 kbps.
Size - 87 mb .

Another Christmas recording? As certain as the rising of the Christmas tree is the annual release of a plethora of Christmas recordings from a variety of artists and genres. Classical guitar for Christmas? No problem. An accordion fan? Relax to Rudolph on the squeezebox. “Fill in the name” pop star doing the standards? Several available for your choosing. So here comes the Hot Club of San Francisco to add some gypsy jazz from the smoke filled bars of ...uh…San Francisco to the mix?

But relax. Here is a Christmas recording offering something a bit different and worth listening to in the midst of the season. The Hot Club of San Francisco may not be a mainstream ensemble, but they are generally considered one of the best gypsy jazz groups in the U.S. For those not familiar with the genre, gypsy jazz is an acoustic guitar dominated format created by the incredible guitarist Django Reinhardt with violinist Stephane Grappelli in the smoky bars of Paris in the 1930s. The name of their group was the Quintette du Hot Club de France, and gypsy jazz groups often attach the “Hot Club” title to their own city. The quintet arrangement holds with the Hot Club of San Francisco which is led by guitarist Paul Mehling and violinist Evan Price, along with bassist Clint Baker, and rhythm guitarists Jeff Magidson and Jason Vanderford.

The liner notes imply that this is the Christmas album Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli might have made, had they made one. Certainly the The Hot Club of San Francisco is a virtuosic group that specializes in conjuring that era (see their masterful Bohemian Maestro for a recent example). But there’s a wealth of delicious humor here that goes beyond anything that legendary pair ever produced.

For instance, check out the inspired derangement of “Djingle Bells,” and “Don Rudolfo” (as in Red-Nosed Reindeer), a sultry tango that ultimately flows into the “Habanera” from “Carmen” (honest). There’s also a red-hot “Sugar Rum Cherry” that swings the Nutcracker into a whole new orbit. Yet just when you get used to a jovial ride, the Hot Club throws out a gorgeous string arrangement of “I Wonder As I Wander,” getting serious about the season. And there are still more surprises to come, although it would be like giving away a movie plot to describe them all.

One thing is sure: however you deck your halls with music - whether you dig out that dusty stack of CDs, or cue your Yuletide playlist - this collection is so different from anything else that it’s likely to make your guests pause, nogs in midair, to ask what it is. And you don’t even have to answer: just show them the CD cover, where Santa drives a gypsy caravan instead of a sleigh. Brilliant and delightful!

Track Listing: Cool Yule; Don Rodolfo; Carol of the Bells; I’ll Be Home for Christmas; Baby, It’s Cold Outside; Djingle Bells; Sugar Rum Cherry; I Wonder as I Wander; March of the Toys; The Christmas Song; Santa Claus is Coming to Town; Auld Lang Syne.

Tracklist:
1. Cool Yule Pazzo and the Hotheads 2:18
2. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Hot Club of San Francisco 5:00
3. Carol of the Bells - Skating Hot Club of San Francisco 4:54
4. I’ll Be Home For Christmas Hot Club of San Francisco 3:00
5. Baby, It’s Cold Outside Duo Gadjo 4:24
6. Jingle Bells Hot Club of San Francisco 2:52
7. Nutcracker Suite: IV. Sugar Rum Cherry (after P.I. Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker) Ivory Club Boys 3:35
8. I Wonder As I Wander Hot Club of San Francisco 4:49
9. Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys Hot Club of San Francisco 4:56
10. The Christmas Song Jazz Hot Trio, Le 4:52
11. Santa Claus is Coming to Town Hot Club of San Francisco 2:55
12. Auld Lang Syne Hot Club of San Francisco 7:41

Personnel: Paul “Pazzo” Mehling: solo guitar, baritone guitar, vocals; Clint Baker: string bass, trumpet; Evan “Zeppo” Price: violin, octave violin (acoustic and electric); Jeff Magidson: rhythm guitar, bass, vocal; Jason “Jubilation” Vanderford: rhythm guitar. Guests: Isabelle Fontaine, The Cool Yule Philharmonic, Pazzo and the Hotheads, Le Jazz Hot Trio, Duo Gadjo, The Ivory Club Boys, the Cool Yule Philharmonic All-Stars.

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