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JazzTimes Interviews Julien Labro: Accordion & the Hot Club Tradition
Gigi Brooks interviews accordionist and composer about his instrument of choice, the Hot Club of Detroit and the music of Django Reinhardt Accordionist and composer Julien Labro and member of the band Hot Club of Detroit, spent some time talking…Continue reading
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Tagged Accordion, BeBop, Coleman, Corea, Django, Gigi Brooks, Hancock, Hot Club of Detroit, Jazz, JazzTimes, Julien Labro, Mack Avenue, Pat Metheny, Reinhardt
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Who would have expected the accordion to sound so hip?
Here is a review from our concert in Winnipeg with Hot Club of Detroit, Chris Smith from the Winnipeg Free Press had some really nice comments. The Hot Club of Detroit is a tight, tight band that swings like crazy…Continue reading
From concept to recording: the coming together of Azica records’ “The Music of Astor Piazzolla”
By Mike Telin and Daniel Hathaway Article on a recent interview with Jason Vieaux for Classical Cleveland, a weekly online journal, on how our Piazzolla project came to life. Access the interview here
Words from the Modern-Day Hot Club
Vindicating Jazz’s Most Famous Gypsy by Paul Brady Check this article by my friend & bandmate Paul Brady in Downbeat Mag. (Jan. 2012), it’s a great piece on Django Reinhardt.
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Tagged Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, George Benson, Gypsy, Hot Club of Detroit, James Carter, Jazz, Paul Brady
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An Interesting Review from Recent Performance at the Jazz Aspen June Festival
By Stewart Oksenhorn / The Aspen Times Review: Why jazz actually ruled at the Jazz Aspen June Festival JULY, 8 2011 ASPEN — I don’t generally go to music festivals looking for any big-picture messages. I go to hear the…Continue reading
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Tagged Accordion, Aspen, Colorado, Django Reinhardt, Hot Club of Detroit, JALC, Jazz, Jennifer Hudson, Julien Labro, Monty Alexander, Sheryl Crow, Snowmass, Wynton Marsalis
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Julien Labro & Paul Brady from HCOD on Wine & Jazz Magazine (April 2011 Issue)
By Jonathan Widran Both Labro and Brady attribute their love of wine to spending key developmental years in France. Labro grew up in Rodez, near the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region (which boasts three times the combined area of vineyards in Bordeaux) and…Continue reading
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Tagged Bordeaux, Django Reinhardt, HCOD, Hot Club of Detroit, Jazz, Jonathan Widram, Julien Labro, Malbec, Paul Brady, Rodez, Sauternes, Wine
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