The Hot Club of San Francisco - Yerba Buena Bounce

" ... intricate, scorching, and often brilliant." --- Acoustic Guitar

With YERBA BUENA BOUNCE, its tenth CD, The Hot Club of San Franciso confirms its reputation as America's longest-running and finest Gypsy Jazz ensemble. Inspired explorations of Django Reinhardt's tunes, originals and more, are captured in shimmering HDCD sound.

The Hot Club of San Francisco is a quintet of accomplished and versatile musicians who celebrate Django Reinhardt's and Stephane Grappelli's renowned Hot Club de France. The ensemble borrows the all-string instrumentation of three guitars, violin and bass from the original Hot Club, but breathes new life into the music with innovative arrangements of classic tunes and original compositions from the group's superb lead guitarist, Paul Mehling. Hearing the ensemble takes the listener back to the 1930s and to the small, smoky jazz clubs of Paris. The music of The Hot Club of San Francisco has entranced audiences around the globe for more than a decade.

Mandolinist DAVID GRISMAN, father of Dawg music and good friend of The Hot Club, makes a special guest appearance on two tracks. The set is further enhanced by bandoneon virtuoso Seth Asarno. Two bonus tracks feature the quintet augmented by three Dixieland horns!

Recorded by multi-Grammy-nominated "Prof." Keith Johnson at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, the YERBA BUENA BOUNCE sessions benefited from the historic ambience, scene of hundreds of classic jazz and rock recordings. Using his own custom-built microphones and electronics (as always), Johnson was able to utilize some of Fantasy's unique facilities, such as a legendary echo chamber, to add lustre to his always life-like soundscapes.

PROGRAM

1. Mystery Pacific 2:26 Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli

2. Hot Lips 4:24 Henry Busse/Lon Davis/H.W. Lange

3. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You 4:40 John Lennon/Paul McCartney with Seth Asarno, bandoneon

4. Sway 3:42 Norman Gimbel/R.P. Rosas with David Grisman, mandolin

5. Number Two 3:42 Paul Mehling

6. Souvenir de Villingen 3:09 Stéphane Grappelli

7. Tickle Toe 3:38 Lester Young

8. Black and White 4:47 Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli

9. Lullabye 3:40 Paul Mehling with David Grisman, mandolin; Seth Asarno, bandoneon

10. Rythme Futur 2:58 Django Reinhardt

11. Yerba Buena Bounce 3:51 Paul Mehling

12. Stardust 4:13 Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish

13. Borneo 5:14 Walter Donaldson

14. Georgia Cabin 3:26 Sidney Bechet

15. Improvisation #2 3:14 Django Reinhardt

BONUS TRACKS*

16. Gong Oh 3:10 Paolo Conte

17. JAM: Some Of These Days 4:08 Brooks Shelton

TOTAL TIME: 64:44

*Paul Mehling, vocal;

Bill Carter, clarinet;

Marc Caprone, trumpet;

Clint Baker, trombone/tuba