For over three years now, the Hot Club Berlin has been celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and his companions in front of an enthusiastic audience at the ZigZag Jazzclub.
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Django Reinhardt
After the extremely successful editions of their Larger Ensemble Hot Club Orchestra, the tireless ensemble now presents another edition in a more intimate formation.
- FRANCISCO BATISTA - GUITAR
- THOMAS DEKAS - GUITAR
- DAVIS WEST - VIOLIN
- GEORGE BIRKETT - GUITAR
- BEN LEHMANN - BASS
The Hot Club of Berlin is led by Francisco Batista & Thomas Dekas, stylistically experienced guitarists who have already performed on stage with the big names of the gypsy jazz world such as Mozes Rosenberg, Paulus Schäfer, Gonzalo Bergara and Sebastien Giniaux. Together with the city's best hot jazz cats, they now form one of the freshest and most exciting bands in town.
Japanese-American violinist and songwriter Davis West is deeply rooted in jazz, classical, and bluegrass fiddle styles. With degrees from the University of Michigan and Berklee College of Music, he has shared stages with artists like Al Di Meola and Chris Thile.
Based in Berlin, Davis collaborates regularly with local projects such as the Hot Club of Berlin, Kammerjazz Kollektiv, and STEGREIF.orchester and has recorded for various artists and ensembles including Kurt Rosenwinkel, Roland Kaiser and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester. His self-produced discography includes two albums and two EPs.
George Birkett is an English guitarist who has been working in Berlin since 2018. He is known and in demand in the city as one of the most accomplished swing guitarists; since the end of the pandemic he has been playing in swing star Andrej Hermlin's famous orchestra.
Ben Lehmann was born in Berlin in March 1990, between the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification. In a roundabout way, he landed on the double bass and acoustic jazz in particular a few years ago and feels very much at home there. Influenced and inspired by the Berlin jazz scene around protagonists such as Rudi Mahall, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Jan Roder, Axel Dörner, Henrik Walsdorff, etc.
In 2012, he decided to study music in Saarbrücken with Stefan Scheib, which came to an end in the fall of 2015 when he returned to Berlin. Since then he has been an active part of the local scene and a busy sideman.
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September 2024
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