Party Great Gatsby style at the Mansion with Hot Club Philadelphia

5001 Grant Avenue,Philadelphia PA 19114

17 November, 2021

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Light up your Wednesday with the swing music from Hot Club Philadelphia at the Jay Gatsby Mansion Take the day off from work or the night off from your children! Clean up your feathers and put on your dance shoes and party hats! Come to the last remaining Gilded Age Mansion for this trip back in time to celebrate the roaring 20's Great Gatsby style in a Gilded Age mansion with swing dance music by the Hot Club of Philadelphia. Denny Daniels will bring his interactive Museum Of Interesting Things mini-exhibition to provide an atmosphere of Secret Speakeasy for the guest. Did we mention the free parking and the cash bar? Now we did! Multicultural Arts Exchange follows all Covid-19 recommendations from CDC and the City of Philadelphia The Hot Club of Philadelphia was started in 2001 by guitarist Barry Wahrhaftig. They are an acoustic ensemble dedicated to playing 'Gypsy Jazz.' That's the term used to describe the music pioneered by the legendary original 'Hot Club of France Quintet,' led by guitarist Django Reinhardt and Violinist Stephane Grappelli. Django and Grappelli attempted to do their version of American 'Hot Jazz,' as played by stars like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. They used acoustic guitars, bass, and violin rather than horns and drums. Grappelli and Django added some French and Gypsy flavor and created a trendy and accessible blend of music. The HCPhilly mixes the original style of the HCOF along with their modern influences. The band performs as a trio, quartet, quintet, etc. There have been some changes in the lineup through the years. Bassist Jim Stager has been with the group from the beginning. Joshua Machiz, Alexandre Hiele, and Dylan Taylor all perform with the band frequently. Dan Pearce is the 2nd guitarist, and violinist Joseph Arnold is a vital part of the group's recordings and shows, and clarinetists Bob Butryn and Paul Butler are also mainstays. The band features vocalists Phyllis Chapell and Cecilia Ferneborg and has also collaborated with Denise King. Barry also sings, and he'll add a Sinatra or Nat King Cole standard, in addition to songs of the '20s, '30s & '40s. The group has performed for a wide range of venues, including The Kimmel Center's PIFA Festival, the area's first 'Diner en Blanc,' The World Café Live, Sellersville Theater, WHYY-NPR, Musikfest-Bethlehem, Pastorius Park Summer Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, The Barnes Foundation & The Philadelphia Museum of Art, to name a few. We present musicians, dancers, singers, and theater actors that are fluently moving across traditional boundaries of genres, languages, and cultures creating unique art programs in the process. We strongly believe that art is the only universal language that everybody in the world could understand and appreciate.    Click here to subscribe to our text messages.