STJ Entertainment presents Annie Sellick and The Hot Club. A night of Jazz, entertainment, food, and spirits. A fundraiser for The Center for the Arts. Proceeds from this event go to the yearly cost of the Center.
Annie Sellick and the Hot Club of Nashville swing the likes of Cole Porter and the songbook standards but feature original material so reminiscent of the 1930's, you would think - and your mama would think - ya'll had heard it for years. The now six-piece band started out jamming together on Gypsy-swing / Django-Reinhardt and the Hot Club du France standards like Honeysuckle Rose, Avalon and Caravan, so you can definitely hear that influence, but grew into a style very much their own. And at many turns you get "a twist of Nashville".
About the Band:
Annie and the Hot Club in homage to the Hot Club genre (DjangoReinhardt gypsyswing) bring fiery guitar and violin soloing on repertoire from the 1930’s and 40’s such as Honeysuckle Rose and Sweet Georgia Brown…and to top it off, the perky storyteller and hardswinging singer, Annie. Nashville native vocalist Annie Sellick was voted Best Jazz Artist by readers of the Nashville Scene five years in a row, and has since toured all over the world and performed and/or recorded with many of her musical heroes including Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing, Tommy Emmanuel and jazz organ royalty Joey DeFrancesco.
The Hot Club of Nashville is lead by Brittian-born Richard Smith who owns a guitar signed “To my hero, Richard” Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins. Fellow guitarist Pat Bergeson (expect Howard Levy-like harmonica solos too) moved to Nashville at the request of Chet Atkins to record and join his band, where he remained several years. Fiddle player Aaron Till has performed with Jerry Reed, Tanya Tucker, Pam Tillis and Tommy Emmanuel, among other musical royalty. Bassist Charlie Chadwick who created the Chadwick Folding Bass (that’s right folks, an acoustic bass that folds un half) joins the group and Josh Hunt on snare drum.
The group has performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival as well as abroad including the Tommy Emmanuel Guitar Festival in Reitberg, Germany and Poland. They are a mainstay at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention as well as The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Expect original material as well songs so reminiscent of an old swing standard that you would think they’ve been loved for decades, and pop crossovers you might hear on a future album by the likes of Norah Jones or Madeleine Peyroux.
