Hot Club de Norvège

Hot Club de Norvège is a string jazz quartet from Norway, established in 1979, by guitarist Jon Larsen with childhood friends Per Frydenlund and Svein Aarbostad.[1]

Hot Club de Norvège
Hot Club de Norvège in 2009
Background information
OriginNorway
GenresGypsy jazz, jazz
Years active1979–present
LabelsHot Club
Associated actsJimmy Rosenberg
MembersOla Erlien
Gildas Le Pape
Finn Hauge
Svein Aarbostad
Past membersJon Larsen
Per Frydenlund
Ivar Brodahl

Biography

They are influenced by the music of Hot Club de France, and the French gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. They formed a quartet with violinist Ivar Brodahl (1928–2003), later replaced by Finn Hauge, that became part of the international renaissance of the gypsy jazz in the 1980s.[2]

Hot Club de Norvege has worked with Stéphane Grappelli, Jimmy Rosenberg, Stochelo Rosenberg, Nigel Kennedy, and the Vertavo String Quartet.

In 1980 they started the Django Festival in Norway.[1]

Larsen retired in 2019 and was replaced with then 18-year old Ola Erlien.[3]

Band members

Current

  • Ola Erlien (guitar)
  • Gildas Le Pape (guitar)
  • Finn Hauge (violin and harmonica)
  • Svein Aarbostad (upright bass)

Past

  • Jon Larsen (guitar)
  • Per Frydenlund (guitar)
  • Ivar Brodahl (violin)

Discography

References
  1. "Hot Club de Norvège". Biography (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. "Hot Club de Norvège - band_news". HotClub.no. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  3. "Jon Larsen legger fra seg gitaren etter 40 år for å forske på stjernestøv".
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