Hot Club Records is a

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record label established 1982, by guitarist

Jon Larsen Jon Larsen (born 7 January 1959) is a gypsy jazz guitarist, record producer, painter, and amateur scientific researcher. He is the founder of the group Hot Club de Norvège. In 2007 he received the Buddy Award for his lifelong contribution to ...

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.Dregni, Michael (2008) ''Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing'', OUP USA, , p. 229 The label has released over 350 CDs,

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related. Some artists on Hot Club Records:

Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

Philip Catherine Philip Catherine (born 27 October 1942) is a Belgian jazz guitarist. Biography Philip Catherine was born in London, England, to an English mother and Belgian father, and was raised in Brussels, Belgium. His grandfather was a violinist in the ...

Warne Marsh Warne Marion Marsh (October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987) was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as ...

, and the poet

Jan Erik Vold Jan Erik Vold (born 18 October 1939) is a Norwegian lyric poet, jazz vocal reciter, translator and author. He was a core member of the so-called "''Profil'' generation", the circle attached to the literary magazine ''Profil''. Throughout his care ...

. In 1988 Hot Club Records established the

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, which became influential on the international renaissance of the

gypsy jazz Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing, jazz manouche or hot club-style jazz) is a style of small-group jazz originating from the Romani guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt (1910–53), in conjunction with the French swing violinist Stéphane Gr ...

, inspired by the music of

Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most ...

. Some artists in this series are

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Stochelo Rosenberg Stochelo Rosenberg (born 19 February 1968) is a Gypsy jazz guitarist who leads the Rosenberg Trio. Biography Rosenberg started playing guitar when he was ten years old. A member of the Sinti, he heard music often at home and from relatives. Wit ...

Angelo Debarre Angelo Debarre ( (born on August 19, 1962) is a French Romani gypsy jazz guitarist. Biography Debarre was born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Paris, and began playing at age eight. In 1984, he formed his first group, the Ang ...

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, and Jimmy Rosenberg. In 2006 Hot Club Records established the label Zonic Entertainment, with music inspired by

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. Some artists on this label are

Tommy Mars Tommy Mars (born Thomas Mariano on October 26, 1951) is an American keyboard player known for his work with Frank Zappa. Mars began piano lessons at age eight, and later his instrument range expanded to various keyboards and synthesizers. Mars g ...

Arthur Barrow Arthur Barrow (born February 28, 1952) is a multi-instrumental musician, best known for his stint as a bass guitar player for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Early life Barrow was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1952 and grew up in ...

Jimmy Carl Black James Carl Inkanish, Jr. (February 1, 1938 – November 1, 2008), known professionally as Jimmy Carl Black, was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention. Background and early career: 1960s–1990s Born in El Paso, Texas, Black was o ...

Bruce Fowler Bruce Lambourne Fowler (born July 10, 1947) is an American trombonist and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. He composes and arranges music for movies, ...

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, and

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

Catalog

* Hot Club de Norvège, ''Old, new, borrowed & blue'' (HCR 1) * Four Roosters, ''Rooster blues'' (HCR 2, 1982, 2009) *

Erik Wøllo Erik Wøllo (born 1961) is a Norwegian composer and musician, guitarist and synthesist. He has a background in various genres in music. As a solo recording artist, he is most known for his electronic and ambient musical soundscapes. Music that ca ...

, ''Where it all begins'' (HCR 4) * Morten Gunnar Larsen, ''Echo of spring'' (HCR 6, 1983) *

sextet, ''IN norway/Sax of a kind'' (HCR 7) *

Magni Wentzel Magni Wentzel (born 28 June 1945 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals and guitar), the daughter of musicians Odd Wentzel-Larsen and Åse Wentzel, and known for a number of jazz recordings. Career Wentzel started in "Totenla ...

, ''Sofies plass'' (HCR 8) * Anne-Marie Giørtz Quartet, ''Breaking out'' (HCR 9) * Balkansemblet ''Balkan samlet'' (HCR 11) * Hot Club de Norvège & Ivar Brodahl, ''Gloomy'' (HCR 12) * Winds Hot & Cool, ''Nostalgia up to date'' (HCR 13) * AHA!!, ''Keep nose in front'' (HCR 14) *

, ''Dreams of pyramid'' (HCR 15) *

Laila Dalseth Laila Dalseth (born 6 November 1940) is a Norwegian jazz singer. She was formerly married to the jazz saxophonist Theodor "Totti" Bergh (1935–2012). Career After an early debut in her hometown of Bergen, Dalseth was active on the Oslo jazz ...

& Louis Stewart, ''Daydreams'' (HCR 16, 1984) * Et cetera (med bl.a. Ingeborg Hungnes &

Arne Nøst Arne Nøst (born 17 July 1962) is a Norwegian graphic artist and theatre director. He was born in Molde, and is educated as a graphic artist at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts. He has illustrated several books, contributed to newspaper ...

), ''Reinsdyr over vidda'' (1985) *

Lars Martin Myhre Lars Martin Myhre (born 10 August 1956 in Tønsberg, Norway) (in Norwegian) is a Norwegian composer, guitarist, pianist, singer and producer residing in Sandefjord. He is best known for his collaboration with Odd Børretzen, (in Norwegian) but ha ...

& Slagen Storband, ''Bak speilet'' (HCR 18, 1984) *

Thorgeir Stubø Thorgeir Stubø (12 November 1943 – 22 October 1986) was a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer. He was the father of Jazz guitarist Håvard, jazz singer Kjersti and theater director Eirik Stubø, and grandfather of electronica musi ...

Doug Raney Doug Raney (August 29, 1956 – May 1, 2016) was an American jazz guitarist. He was the son of jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney. Career Raney was born in New York City. He began to play the guitar when he was 14, beginning with rock and blues. He was ...

, ''Everything we love'' (HCR 19) *

Peter Opsvik Peter Opsvik is a Norwegian industrial designer best known for his innovative and ergonomic chairs, and the father of Jazz bass player Eivind Opsvik. Opsvik's furniture can be found under the brand names: Rybo (Garden), Nomi High Chair, Håg (C ...

/ Per Frydenlund/ Svein Gusrud/

, ''Guitar, sax, guitar, bass'' (HCR 20) *

Per Husby Per Husby (born 2 April 1949 in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, teacher, civil engineer, and orchestra leader. Career Husby was raised in Oslo together with other jazz enthusiasts like jazz journalist Knut Borge.Odd-Arne Jacobsen, ''Vakkert land'' (HCR 22) * Kenneth Sivertsen, ''Amalgamation'' (HCR 23, 1985) *

, ''Flight'' (HCR 25, 1988) *

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Tor Åge Bringsværd Tor Åge Bringsværd (born 16 November 1939 in Skien, Norway) is an author, playwright, editor and translator. He is perhaps best known for his speculative fiction. Together with long-time partner Jon Bing, he is also considered as the first Nor ...

, ''Glassberget'' (HCR 27) * Bent Erlandsen, ''Bel arni'' (HCR 28) *

Nils Økland Nils Andreas Økland (10 June 1882 – 1969) was a Norwegian Esperantist and teacher in Stord (Hordaland), Norway. He spent some years in his youth on the island Utsira, where his father was a school teacher. Nils Økland was married to Hanna ...

Bjørnar Andresen Bjørnar Andresen (1 April 1945 – 2 October 2004) was a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass, guitar, banjo), known for his improvisational and multicultural musical expression in a variety of publications. Career Andresen established the f ...

, ''NØ & BA'' (HCR 29) *

, ''Den dagen Lady døde'' (HCR CD 30, 1986/2003) * Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra, ''Echoes from the Snowball Club'' (HCR 32) * Caledonia Jazzband, ''Moods of New Orleans'' (HCR 33) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''Swing de

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'' (HCR CD 34, 1986) * Libido ( Tor Eide,

Henrik Hellstenius Henrik Hellstenius (born 28 April 1963) is a Norwegian composer and musicologist. Born in Bærum, Norway, Hellstenius studied musicology at the University of Oslo and composition with Lasse Thoresen, Olav Anton Thommessen and Bjørn Kruse at the ...

, Inge Norum &

Tellef Øgrim Tellef Øgrim (born 27 January 1958) is a Norwegian fretless guitarist, composer and journalist. He played in oboist Jan Wiese's band Bitihorn from 1976 and joined Ole Hedemann's Ung Pike Forsunnet (UPF) in 1981. UPF released two albums. In 1 ...

), ''Libido'' (HCR 35) *

New Cool Quartet New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

, ''New Cool Quartet'' (HCR 36, 1982) * Caledonia Jazzband &

Wendell Brunious Wendell Brunious (born October 27, 1954, New Orleans) is an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Born on October 27, 1954, Brunious was born into a Louisiana Creole people, Louisiana Creole family, the son of Nazimova "Chinee" Santiago and Joh ...

, ''Walkin' '' (HCR 38, 1987) * R & B Express, ''Westbound'' (HCR 39) *

Robert Normann Robert Uno Normann (27 June 1916 – 20 May 1998) was a Norwegian guitarist and considered a jazz guitar pioneer. Career Normann was an autodidact performer on the accordion and tenor saxophone, and eventually on the guitar as his main instru ...

, ''String swing, vol. 1-2, String swing/Sigarett stomp/Tricky fingers/Perpetum Mobile'' (HCR CD 40/41/42/43) *

, ''For the time being'' (HCR 44, 1987) *

Baro Ferret Pierre Joseph "Baro" Ferret (1908–1976) was a gypsy jazz guitarist and composer. He was known by his gypsy nickname "Baro," which meant "Big One" or even "King" in Romany. Through his brother Jean "Matelo" Ferret, Baro met Django Reinhardt, a ...

, ''Swing Valses d'hier et d'aujourd'hui'' (HCR CD 45) *

Matelo Ferret Jean Pierre "Matelo" Ferret (1918 – 24 January 1989) (also spelled Matelot, Matlo and Matlow, surname also later spelled Ferré on occasion) was a French musette and gypsy jazz guitarist and composer. He was an associate of Django Reinhardt an ...

, ''Tziganskaia and other rare recordings 1960-78'' (HCR 46) *

Karl Seglem Karl Seglem (born 8 July 1961 in Årdalstangen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone and bukkehorn), composer and producer, known from a series of combined jazz and traditional music releases, as well as leading his own record label ...

, ''Poems for trio'' (HCR 49) *

, ''Blåmann! Blåmann!'' (HCR CD 50, 1988) *

Søyr Søyr (established 1976 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian musical group, led from the start of trumpeter Torgrim Sollid. Biography Søyr was initially inspired by folk music from Stor-Elvdal (among others Ole Mørk Sandvik) and released th ...

, ''Vectors'' (HCR CD 52, 1988) *

Øyvind Rauset Øyvind Rauset (born October 3, 1952) is a Norwegian artist, musician and composer. Rauset was born in Oslo, the son of Per Rauset from Gloppen and Mary Lyngmo from Rossfjordstraumen. He studied at the Art Academy of Oslo and Østlandets Music C ...

, ''13 impossible dances + 1 improbable!'' (HCR 53, 1988) * Røshnes Jazz Band, ''New Orleans style'' (HCR 54) *

Trio, ''Gypsy guitars'' (HCR CD 56) *

Ketil Bjørnstad Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952) is a pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) ...

, ''Karen Mowat-suite'' (HCR CD 57, 1989) *

, ''Seresta'' (HCR CD 59) *

Jon Eberson Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, the son of jazz guitarist Leif Eberson (1925–1970), and the father of keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson. He was a member of the bands Moose Loose (1973–77), ...

, ''Backhand smash'' (HCR 60) * Balkansemblet ''Kvikk sand'' (HCR 61) * Czech-Norwegian Band with

Benny Bailey Ernest Harold "Benny" Bailey (August 13, 1925 – April 14, 2005) was an American jazz trumpeter. Biography A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Bailey briefly studied flute and piano before turning to trumpet. He attended the Cleveland Conserva ...

, ''Jazznost'' (HCR CD 62, 1990) * Raya Bielenberg, ''Progeja!'' (HCR 63, 1990) * Arbat (Pascal de Loutchek m.fl.), ''Chantez tziganes'' (HCR CD 65) *

Joseph Reinhardt Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt (1912-1982) was the younger brother of guitarist Django Reinhardt and played rhythm guitar on most of Django's pre-war recordings, especially those with the Quintette du Hot Club de France between 1934 and 1939. He was ...

, ''Live in Paris'' fra 1966 (HCR CD 66) *

Fapy Lafertin Fapy Lafertin (born 20 November 1950) is a Belgian guitarist in the Belgian-Dutch gypsy jazz style. Lafertin was born in Kortrijk, Belgium in the Manouche Romani community and took up guitar at the age of five. After performing in a family band ...

Quintet, ''Fleur de lavende'' (HCR CD 67) * Petro Ivanovich, ''Romano drom'' (HCR 68, 1991) *

, ''Superstrings'' (HCR CD 69) *

, ''Sannheten om trikken er at den brenner'' (HCR CD 70, 1990) * Caledonia Jazzband med Norbert Susemihl, ''Is you is or is you ain't'' (HCR CD 72, 1991) * Diverse artister, ''Sampler'' (HCR 73) * Hot Club de Norvège & Ivar Brodahl, ''The best of'' (HCR CD 74) *

, ''Pytt pytt blues'' (HCR CD 75, 1992) * Biswajit Roy Chowdhury, ''Sarod'' (HCR CD 76, 1996) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''Hot club and Angelo'' (HCR 80, 1991) *

/ Pascal de Loutchek/ Stian Mevik, ''Guitaresque'' (HCR CD 81, 1994) * Hot Club de Norvège & Jimmy Rosenberg (m.fl.), ''Swinging with Jimmy'' (HCR 82, 1994) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''Portrait of Django'' (HCR CD 83) *

& Hot Club de Norvège, ''

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live in concert'' (HCR CD 84, 2006) *

, ''The best of'' (HCR CD 85) *

, ''The swinging guitar of...'' vgs (HCR 88, 96) * Diverse artister, '' Django Festival 1, Gypsy swing today'' (HCR 89) *

, ''Obstfelder live på Rebekka West'' (HCR CD 90, 1994) * Girl Talk, ''Talkin' jazz'' (HCR CD 91, 1996) *

, ''Turn out the stars'' (HCR CD 92, 1997) * Søren Bøgelund's Mirakelband, ''Me'' (HCR CD 93, 1997) * Hot Club de Norvège, the

Quartet &

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, ''Vertavo'' (HCR 96) * Caledonia Jazzband & Geoff Bull, ''Creole nights'' (HCR CD 97, 1997) *

Walter Malosetti Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

, ''Stringtime in Buenos Aires, Tribute to Aleman'' (HCR CD 98) * Diverse artister, '' Django Festival 2, Gypsy swing today'' (HCR 99, 2002) *

, ''Her er huset som Per bygde'' (HCR CD 100, 1996) *

Stéphane Grappelli Stéphane Grappelli (; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997, born Stefano Grappelli) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the firs ...

Trio, ''Live at Cosmopolite'' (fra 1994, HCR CD 101) * Hot Club de Norvège med

Babik Reinhardt Jean-Jacques "Babik" Reinhardt (8 June 1944 – 13 November 2001) was a French guitarist and the younger son of gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt by Django's second wife, Naguine. His elder half-brother Lousson, who was Django's son by his ...

, Jimmy Rosenberg &

Romane Patrick Leguidecoq, known professionally as Romane, is a guitarist born in Paris, France in 1959 who specializes in gypsy jazz. Life and work Although not a gypsy by birth, Romane benefited from interactions with gypsy guitar players from an early ...

, ''Hot shots'' (HCR CD 102) * Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen & Gunnar Germeten Jr., ''Ni sanger for en dødfødt katt'' (HCR CD 103, 1997) * Kevin Dean Quintet, ''Over at Ola's'' (HCR CD 104, 1997) * Finn Hauge, ''Close to my heart'' (HCR CD 105, 1998) *

, ''Stringtime in Buenos Aires'' (HCR 106) * Ricardo Pellican trio, ''Gypsy air'' (HCR 107) * Diverse artister, '' Django Festival 3, Gypsy swing today'' (HCR 109, 2004) *

Egil Kapstad Egil Kapstad (6 August 1940 – 13 July 2017) was a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote the music for more than 50 theatre productions, and composed for film and television drama. Kapstad composed classical works for orchestra ...

& friends, ''Storytellers'' (HCR CD 110, 1998) * Watti Rosenberg, ''Sonnekai'' (HCR 112, 1999) *

, ''Caprice'' (HCR 116, 1998) * Jimmy Rosenberg, ''The one and only Jimmy Rosenberg'' (HCR 117, 1997) * Jean-Philippe Watremez & Co, ''Mosaique'' (HCR 118, 1998) * Diverse artister, '' Django Festival 4, Gypsy swing today'' (HCR CD 119, 2006) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''Moreno m.fl.'' (HCR 120) *

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Trio, ''M.C.Trio'' (HCR CD 121, 1998) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''Three hot sessions'' (HCR 123) *

& Pascal de Loutchek, ''Larsen & Loutchek'' (HCR 124) * Jimmy Rosenberg, ''Portrait of Jimmy'' (HCR 125) *

Hilde Hefte Hilde Hefte (born 1 September 1956 in Kristiansand, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Biography Hefte got much of her musical education from the well reputated Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, Norway with piano as primary and voca ...

, ''Round Chet's midnight'' (HCR CD 126, 1999) *

, ''Portrait'' (HCR 127) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''presents

Ola Kvernberg Ola Kvernberg (born 16 June 1981) is a Norwegian jazz musician known for his virtuosic string swing violin playing and his international performances. He is the son of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the br ...

'' (HCR 130) *

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, ''Street of dreams'' (HCR CD 131, 2000) *

, ''The next step'' (HCR CD 132, 2003) *

, ''Playsong – the music of

Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...

'' (HCR CD 133, 2001) * Street swingers (

Erik Amundsen Erik Amundsen (1 February 1937 – 22 February 2015) was a Norwegian jazz bassist from Oslo. Career Amundsen debuted in 1954 within the trio of his brother Arvid Amundsen and within Atle Hammer Sextet. Throughout the 1950s, he played within K ...

Erling Wicklund Erling Sachs Wicklund (7 June 1944 – 8 August 2019) was a Norwegian jazz trombonist, composer, arranger and journalist, known for a series of jazz programs on NRK. Career Wicklund was born in Göteborg, Sweden, and studied musicology, art ...

& Jan Berger), ''About time'' (HCR CD 134, 2001) * Bodil Niska, ''First song'' (HCR CD 135, 2000) *

, ''Ola Kvernberg'' (HCR 136, 2000) *

, ''The next step (new version)'' (HCR CD 137, 2003) *

Hallgeir Pedersen Hallgeir Pedersen (born 24 May 1973 in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist, well known for his Thorgeir Stubø, Wes Montgomery and Coltrane inspired bop guitar performances and recordings like ''West Coast Blues'' (2002) with his o ...

trio, ''West coast blues'' (HCR CD 138, 2002) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''The best of'' (HCR CD 139, 2003) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''

Angelo Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Rom ...

is back in town'' (HCR 140, 2001) *

Trio, ''Cats and Doug'' (HCR CD 141, 2002) *

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Trio, ''Fuglen'' (HCR CD 202, 2003) * Eivin Sannes & Inge Stangvik, ''Together again'' (HCR CD 142, 2001) * Diverse artister, '' Bjørn Johansen in memoriam''(HCR CD 143, 2003) * Hot Club de Suede & Jimmy Rosenberg, ''Live'' (HCR CD 144, 2003) * Jimmy Rosenberg, ''Django's tiger'' (HCR CD 146, 2003) *

Quintette du Hot Club de France The Quintette du Hot Club de France ("The Quintet of the Hot Club of France"), often abbreviated "QdHCdF" or "QHCF", was a jazz group founded in France in 1934 by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli and active in one form ...

, ''Best of'' (HCR 147, 2009) *

Andreas Öberg Andreas Öberg (born 6 August 1978) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and music producer. Music career Öberg was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1978. When he was seven, he took classical guitar lessons at school. He played electric guitar w ...

, ''Andreas, Ritary and Yorgui'' (HCR CD 148, 2004) * Reiner Voet & Pigalle44, ''Swing for bop'' (HCR 149) * Hot Club de Norvège,

& Tromsø Symfoniorkester, ''White night stories'' (HCR CD 150, 2002) * Hot Club de Norvège,

& Tromsø Symfoniorkester, ''White night short stories'' (HCR CD 151, 2003) * Jimmy Rosenberg, ''Swinging with Jimmy'' (HCR CD 153, 2005) * Hot Club de Norvège,

& Tromsø Symfoniorkester, ''White night live'' (HCR CD 155, 2002) * Diverse artister, '' Django Festival 5'' (HCR 159, 2007) * Hot Club de Norvège & Camelia-kvartetten, ''Hot cats in concert'' (HCR DVD 160, 2005) *

, ''Luna suite'' (HCR CD 161, 2006) *

, ''Young jazz guitarist'' (HCR CD 162, 2005) * Spirits of Gypsy, ''Gypsy swing'' (HCR CD 163, 2006) * Jimmy Rosenberg, ''Trio'' (HCR CD 170, 2004) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''A stranger in town ( Bjørn Vidar Solli)'' (HCR CD 171, 2004) *

Marian Petrescu Marian Petrescu (born 1970, Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian jazz pianist. Playing since the age of 4, he has been on the jazz scene since the age of 15 after appearing at Pori Jazz. He is known for his work with the renowned jazz guitarist Andrea ...

Quartet, ''Body and soul'' (HCR CD 172, 2006) * Stian Carstensen & Jimmy Rosenberg, ''Rose room'' (HCR CD 180, 2005) * Hot Club de Norvège & Camelia-kvartetten, ''Hot cats'' (HCR CD 181, 2005) *

, ''Solo'' (HCR 182, 2006) *

, ''Synger svadaåret inn'' (HCR 185, 2005) * Trio Romen med Valentina Ponomareva, ''The russian gypsy queen'' (HCR 190, 2008) *

Quartet, ''Short stories from Catalonia'' (HCR 196, 2005) *

med

, ''Live in concert'' (HCR DVD 192) * Rêve Bohème, ''The best of'' (HCR 197, 2006) * Diverse artister, ''Hot Club Records, 25th anniversary'' (HCR 200, 2006) * Chriss Campion med Flèche d'Or, ''Nature boy'' (HCR 202, 2007) *

Denis Chang Denis Chang Khen-lee, CBE, KC, SC, JP (born 15 February 1944, Sabah, Malaysia —) is a barrister and politician from Hong Kong. He was previously an appointed unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (1992—97). He was als ...

, ''Deeper than you think'' (HCR 203, 2010) *

Knut Reiersrud Knut Reiersrud (born 12 February 1961) is a Norwegian blues guitarist. His work also incorporates elements of Norwegian traditional music and African music. Reiersrud has recorded and played with David Lindley, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, Rickie ...

& Nappy Brown, ''Roots of Scandinavian blues'' (HCR 215, 2009) *

, ''featuring

'' (HCR 217, 2007) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''Django music'' (HCR 219, 2008) * Chriss Campion, ''Souvenirs'' med Aurelien Trigo,

& Alex Bellegarde (HCR 220, 2008). * Jimmy Rosenberg, ''Best of'' (HCR 221, 2008) * Caledonia Jazzband, ''Street people'' (HCR 223, 2009) *

, ''Portrait'' (HCR 224, 2009) *

, ''Drømmemakeren sa'' (HCR 230, 2008) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''Best of 1979-2009'' (HCR 239, 2009) * Rosenberg Trio, ''Seresta – 20 years anniversary'' (HCR 256, 2009)

2000 series

* Per Frydenlund, ''Alene dans'' (HCR CD 2002, 1998) * Dj Falk & The Arctic Dance Experience, '' The Arctic Dance Experience'' (HCR CD 2003) * Sichia ( Gorm Helfjord &

Iver Bjurgren Iver is a large civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. In addition to the central clustered village, the parish includes the residential neighbourhoods of Iver Heath and Richings Park. Geography, transport and economy Part of the 43-square ...

), ''Duende'' (HCR CD 2004, 1999) * Jens Arne Molvær, ''September song'' (HCR CD 2005, 1998) *

sextet, ''Porgy & Bess'' (HCR CD 2006, 2000) * Tore Morten Andreassen, ''Accordiomania'' (HCR CD 2007, 2001) * Sølvi Hansen, ''Meet sir Jones'' (HCR CD 2008, 2000) *

Anders Aarum Anders Aarum (born 17 December 1974 in Moss, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, known from numerous albums and international collaborations like Sonny Simmons, Ola Kvernberg, Tine Asmundsen, Sigurd Køhn, Børre Dalhaug, Nora Brockstedt and Ev ...

trio, ''The lucky strike'' (HCR 2009, 2000) * Louisiana Jazzband, ''20-year anniversary'' (HCR CD 2010, 2001) * Eckhard Baur, ''Movements'' (HCR CD 2012, 2002) * Knut Halmrast, ''Little pillow'' (HCR CD 2013, 2003) * Majken Christiansen, ''Song for my father'' (HCR CD 2014, 2001) * Frevo ( Andreas Karlsen & Pål Granum), ''Whisky'' (HCR CD 2015, 2002) * Savoy Stompers, ''Keepin' out of mischief'' (HCR CD 2016, 2002) * Bengalo, ''Vir'' (HCR CD 2017, 2004) *

, ''Divergence'' (HCD CD 2018, 2002) *

Halvard Kausland Halvard Magne Kausland (25 April 1945 – 21 December 2017) was a Norwegian jazz guitarist and civil servant. Biography He hails from Sund. He has his education from the ''Norges kommunal- og sosialhøgskole'', Agder Regional College and ...

Hans Mathisen Hans Mathisen (born 27 July 1967 in Sandefjord, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz guitarist, educated on the Jazzprogram at Trondheim musikkonservatorium (1988–90), well known for his Pat Metheny and Wes Montgomery inspired performances. He is th ...

Quartet, ''Good bait'' (HCR CD 2019, 2002) *

Odd Riisnæs Odd Riisnæs (born 12 May 1953) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer. He was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of pianist Eline Nygaard Riisnæs and the younger brother of jazz saxophonist Knut Riisnæs. He is known from a series of ...

, ''Another breeze'' (HCR CD 2021, 2003) *

/ Egil Johansen Quartet, ''Friends'' (HCR CD 2022, 2004) * Majken Christiansen, ''Re:porter'' (HCR CD 2024, 2003) * Fou Rire, ''Out of manouche'' (HCR CD 2025, 2003) *

Jan Erik Kongshaug Jan Erik Kongshaug (4 July 1944 – 5 November 2019) was a Norwegian sound engineer, jazz guitarist, and composer. Career Kongshaug was born in Trondheim, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) During his chi ...

Quartet, ''All these years'' (HCR CD 2027, 2003) *

, ''Wolfvoices'' (HCR CD 2028, 2003) *

, ''Hildes bossahefte'' (HCR CD 2029, 2003) *

Trio, ''Wistful'' (HCR CD 2031, 2004) * Roar Vangen, ''Streng'' (HCR CD 2033, 2004) * Duo Gvito ( Gjermund Titlestad & Marius Gundersen), ''Xaranga'' (HCR 2034) * Oslo String Swing Artilleri, ''Swing 05'' (HCR 2035)

Zonic Entertainment series

, ''

Strange News From Mars ''Strange News from Mars'' is an album by Norwegian guitarist Jon Larsen. Review Larsen is a Norwegian string swing guitar virtuoso, and not the one we would suspect to record music inspired by Frank Zappa. This production is noteworthy for t ...

'' (ZEN 2001) * Jon Larsen &

, ''

The Jimmy Carl Black Story ''The Jimmy Carl Black Story'' is an album by Norwegian guitarist Jon Larsen. Review The first CD is a Part One: «The Surrealistic Space Odyssey», one hour of music inspired by the life of Jimmy Carl Black. The musical landscape is a groove ...

'' (ZEN 2003/04) * Marvista Philharmonic ''No Forest Fire'' (ZEN 2005) *

, &

''Willie Nickerson's Egg'' (ZEN 2006, HCR 250 2009) *

Don Preston Donald Ward Preston (born September 21, 1932) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist. He is known for working with Frank Zappa from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Biography Preston was born into a family of musicians in Detroit and began st ...

''Colliding Galaxys'' (ZEN 2007) *

Bunk Gardner Bunk Gardner (born John Leon Guarnera; May 2, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American musician who most notably played for the original version of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention until the group disbanded in 1969. He plays woodwinds and tenor ...

''The Bunk Gardner Story – Part 1'' (ZEN 2008) * Bunk Gardner ''The Bunk Gardner Story – Part 2'' (ZEN 2009)

1000 series

Mari Boine Mari Boine (born Mari Brit Randi Boine, 8 November 1956) is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined traditional Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University College. Biography Mari Boine was ...

, ''Jaskavoudda Maini'' (HCR 1001, 1985) * Sabelnatt (

Bjørn Freberg Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, Martin Borgnes, Per Ole Hagen, Øyvind Melinen), ''Noc Šavlí'' (HCR CD 1002, 2004) *

Oslo Tangoforening Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, ''Årsrapport'' (HCR 1003, 1986) * Skinn og Bein, ''Knaus – en samtidscollage'' (HCR CD 1005, 1989) *

Eli Storbekken Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan ...

, ''Glimt'' (HCR 1006) *

André Danielsen André Saltvold Danielsen (born 20 January 1985) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a right-back or central midfielder. Club career Born in Stavanger, Danielsen started his career with Stavanger IF before joining Viking in 2003. In t ...

, ''Kvinner og kanari'' (HCR CD 1009, 1989) *

Oslo Groove Company Oslo Groove Company (active 1985-1996) was a Norwegian big band initiated and led by Jens Wendelboe (1985–87). In 1987 Lars Erik Gudim took the lead and Harald Devold led the band. They released three albums, two on their own label, Groove Rec ...

, ''Anno 1990'' (HCR 1010) * Svein Nymo & Nymoderne, ''Bygdefusion fra Rastafaret'' (HCR 1011, 1991)

References

External links

Catalog on Hot Club de Norwege Official Website
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