Description
Hot Club Gent is a music venue in the center of Ghent.
Live music on mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays, thursdays and sundays from 21.00 - all free entrance. In 1932 two French students and jazz enthusiasts founded the jazz club Hot Club de France in Paris.
It was the first organization worldwide whose primary purpose was the promotion and safeguarding of jazz.
Their efforts concentrated mainly on inviting American jazz musicians to France. But the Hot Club de France soon widened its array of activities and took on gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt’s quintet (including Stéphane Grappelli) as its resident band.
In May 2005 David De Rudder founded - with the help of musician Waso De Cauter - the Hot Club de Gand. It soon became a renowned Hot Spot in Ghent.10 years with countless concerts and jam-sessions followed and it was clear that live-music always was the center of attention. Of course there was Swing and Gypsy-swing but Hot Club de Gand never wanted to confine itself to one genre so there was room for every aspect of the jazz-world: from Dixieland to Free improvisation… Jazz in all its collors and forms!
In 2015 – sadly – the founder of the Club, David, passed away and the Club had to close; leaving a big void in the scene.
After recovering from the personal loss, Waso and Peter Kinna (working as manager at the Hot Club de Gand for half a decade) took matters in their own hand and started a new Hot Club – same place, same recipe!
So chapter two is about to be written! We hope you’ll be part of it too.
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facebook.comSunday > Waso De Cauter's Birds Of Swing Sessions... Tom Callens can't make it this Sunday but with pianomagician Christian Mendoza the remaining trio of the rising Rob Banken, and brothers Dajo and Waso De Cauter is again a quartet full of (un)expectations > 9pm
Gabbro live at Hot Club Gent
Sunday > Waso De Cauter's Birds Of Swing Sessions... with the great Gypsyswingguitarvirtuoso Fapy Lafertin > 9pm
A Jazz & Beyond Session: FUR Live now...
Augusto Pirodda presenting his new solo album at Hot Club Gent
Sunday > Waso's 'The Birds of Swing Sessions' with Jean-paul Estievenart, Viktor Perdieus and Dajo De Cauter... a confrontation of Swing and Contemporary Jazz. - 9pm
Lionel Beuvens' MOTU live at Hot Club Gent With Kalevi Louhivuori: trumpet - Nicola Andrioli: piano - Brice Soniano: double bass & Lionel Beuvens: drums
Lionel Beuvens' MOTU live #hotclubgent
Sunday > Waso's 'The Birds of Swing Sessions' with Jordi Grognard, Augusto Pirodda and Dajo De Cauter... the combo of Swing and Contemporary.
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Sunday: The Birds of Swing Sessions - Fapy Lafertin Pure gypsyswing guitar mastery!
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