{"id":9886,"date":"2019-04-06T17:33:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T01:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=9886"},"modified":"2019-04-06T17:33:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T01:33:03","slug":"the-hot-club-of-san-francisco-performs-cinema-vivant-for-smith-fine-arts-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/the-hot-club-of-san-francisco-performs-cinema-vivant-for-smith-fine-arts-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hot Club of San Francisco performs \u201cCinema Vivant\u201d for Smith Fine Arts Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2019\/04\/Smith-FineArts-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"290\" class=\" wp-image-9887 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2019\/04\/Smith-FineArts-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2019\/04\/Smith-FineArts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2019\/04\/Smith-FineArts-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Chrys Weedon<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the last 43 years, the Smith Fine Arts Series has been providing Western students with live performances, outreach programs and master classes. The series makes world music, dance and art accessible for local communities and brings more artistic diversity to campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In another installment in the series, a group from Southern California will be visiting campus. Coming to Rice auditorium on April 6 is the music group The Hot Club of San Francisco, presenting \u201cCinema Vivant\u201d, a performance of live self-proclaimed \u201cGypsy\u201d swing music accompanied by vintage silent films. The movies features are the films of European filmmaker Ladislaw Starewicz, who pioneered stop-action animation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the musical group\u2019s website, hotclubsf.com, their music is strongly influenced by guitarist Django Reinhardt. Reinhardt is a French-Romani musicians who was active from the 1920s through the 1950s and incorporated aspects of American Jazz and his own Romani \u00a0\u00a0culture into his compositions. The musicians are also inspired by Stephane Grappelli, a French jazz violinist that founded Quintette du Hot Club de France along with Reinhardt in 1934.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hot Club of San Francisco consists of five players: Paul \u201cPazzo\u201d Mehling (guitar), Isabelle Fontaine (vocals, guitar), Evan Price (violin), Jordan Samuels (guitar) and Sam Rocha (bass). All members are accomplished musicians who tour both nationally and internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at <a href=\"mailto:howlentertainment@wou.edu\">howlentertainment@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photos courtesy of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lenny Gonzalez<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor For the last 43 years, the Smith Fine Arts Series has been providing Western students with live performances, outreach programs and master classes. The series makes world music, dance and art accessible for local communities and brings more artistic diversity to campus. 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