Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Year of Jazz at the Southwest School of Art

The intimate Coates Chapel at the Southwest School of Art was a packed house for the Year of Jazz concert - Swingin' with Django - a tribute to the Parisian Jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappeli. The concert featured an all-star hot jazz quintet led by guiarist Polly Harrison, which included Hank Harrison (violin,vocals), Katie Holmes (violin), Olivier Giraud (guitar), Joe Gonzales (guitar), and Pierre Poree (vocals, clairinet). The quintet performed songs made famous by the Hot Club of France in the 1930s and 1940s.