The Hot Jazz 7
plays furiously fun music in the New Orleans Ensemble Jazz style of the
roaring 20's.
It is the only two-trumpet Dixieland group in
Northeast
Ohio and plays throughout the area at a variety of events.
To see a video of the Hot Jazz 7 and to become a fan of the band, check
out our Myspace page.
On this page you can meet
the band,
hear samples of our music, browse our photo album, and try our
favorite HotJazz Links.
Meet the HotJazz7:
A group of Cleveland
area musicians who, for
the most part, have been playing the classic jazz of the 1920's and
30's
since they were teenagers. Don't look too close, but none of them
can claim that distinction any more. We play as often as we
can, as hot as we can, and as much as possible for those who love hot
jazz
as much as we do. We like to think that Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll
Morton and King Oliver would approve of the way we play their music.
2007's
HJ7
HJ7 of the 1990's
The Hot Jazz 7
always performs with 6-8 players. The full complement is two
trumpets/cornets,
clarinet, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and drums.
The Hot Jazz 7 was
founded in 1995 by Tuba player Dick Houck and
plays at a variety of events, primarily in the Greater Cleveland area.
They have played numerous annual municipal summer events, private
parties, weddings, restaurants and taverns. They have appeared many
times at NightTown restaurant, have been featured on the Bill Gordon TV
show, played for the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, appear
regularly at Earlyjas Society gatherings, and performed at the Swing 'n
Jazz Fest at Blossom Music Center, and as far from home as Charleston
West Virginia's Wine and All That Jazz Festival.
Musicians are: Brent Gardner -
Trumpet/cornet, Jack Brndiar -Trumpet/cornet, Al Couch -
Trumpet/cornet, Vince Monaco - Trumpet/cornet, Ted Witt - Clarinet,
Geoffrey Polk - Clarinet, Marc Berridge -
Trombone, Rich Hamilton - Trombone, Kevin Berridge - Trombone, Ed
Kubasky - Trombone, Jonathan Fairman - Tuba, Phil Cartwright - Banjo,
Bill Knapp - Banjo, Bill Parthe - Banjo and Piano, Bob Erdman - Piano,
Dave Chafe - Piano, Bill Fuller - Drums, Stan Ebin - Washboard and
Cornet.
Contact
the Hot
Jazz 7if
you would like longer or higher quality sound file demos or a demo
tape! For more information about the songs that we play check out
Phil
Cartwright's website.
Here's the HotJazz7 at the Spider with a couple of friends
who dropped in to jam.
Can you identify them? (select to enlarge)
The
HotJazz7
can be heard bursting with joy and energy, live at the Barking Spider
Tavern in the University Circle
area, Cleveland, Ohio, on the third Sunday of every month from 3-6 pm.
OR with Mozilla
Fans of Hot
Jazz since 1/1/1998
