The Hot Club of Philadelphia was started at the end of 2001 by guitarist Barry Warhoftig, and violinist Mark Campiglia. We are an acoustic jazz quartet, dedicated to playing and preserving the music of Django Reinhardt Django, adding our own style to the process.
The quartet includes Jim Stager on acoustic bass and Rich Yescalis on rhythm guitar. Barry plays a Manouche Modele Jazz, 14 fret oval hole guitar. Manouche Guitars are built from the plans of the original Selmer guitars built in France in the 1930’s. The picture of the band above was taken at a performance by the HCPhilly at the World Cafe Live, Feb 8, 2008 in Phila. The Clarinet player is Bob Butryn. In addition to playing great clarinet and sax, Bob
is a terrific swing dancer. He also teaches and performs swing dance. Click here to view his website.
We perform with other special guest artists from time to time, including an amazing vocalist named Phyllis Chapell,
Latin percussionist Donna Bostock, and drummer/filmmaker George Manney.
I think that there’s an almost universal appeal of this music. You can’t “fake” this stuff. You’ve got to play from your heart. This is acoustic music without digital trickery, As much folk music as high art, there’s a real lack of pretense draws the listener in. We encourage you to come see us live, or check out our video.
Check out these other fine groups that are inspired by Django Reinhardt:
Stephane Wrembel
The Hot
Club of NYC
Hot Club
of San Francisco
Angelo
DeBarr
Dorado
Schmitt
Bireli
Lagrene
Other Links:
http://www.collinsguitar.com/
gypsyguitars.com - Maccaferri and Selmer style
gypsy jazz guitars as played by Django Reinhardt
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