Musician/Band of the Month

Every month we present a musician or a band in stage light at the moment - by reason of a recent CD release, a concert tour, a jubilee or an award.

Hot Strings

This band from Berne (Switzerland) exists since 1990 and all its members are professional musicians. The band is composed of string instruments only.
Hot Strings play Swing Jazz in a chamber music style that integrates elements of Swing, Valse Musette, Balads and Blues.
Among the great forefathers of Hot Strings are Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the legendary Quintette du Hot Club de France. Nevertheless the members of the band play their own style and the major part of their repertoire is formed by their own compositions. Up to now the band has published 4 CDs.
A specialty of Hot Strings is the compactness of their sound. Each musician is an outstanding soloist, but stands back for the benefit of the band's overall sound. Therefore the music of Hot Strings is always relaxed and transparent - a very open and creative kind of Traditional Jazz.

Current band members:

Rainer Hagmann vio
Fere Scheidegger g, hca
Jacques Vaney g
Thomas Dürst b

Current CDs of Hot Strings on Downtown Records:

Hot Strings: Lorraine, Downtown Records CDDR9212

Hot Strings: Swing From Berne With Love, Downtown Records CDDR9216

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