12th Avenue Hot Club

12th Avenue Hot Club at Andina Restaurant

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:37:00 +0000

We got a surprise in our email this morning from a new friend, Alex Vasquez. He captured this candid video of the trio at Andina Restaurant during his recent trip to Portland from Texas. You can see Tracy on the left, Dax on the right (nice bass solo Dax!) and our friend Pete Matern on guitar in the middle.

Thanks for sending this in, Alex!

The CD is HERE!!

noreply@blogger.com (G Bundy) — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:35:00 +0000

It only took us six and a half years, but the Hotclub has finally finished it! "Hot Swing Set" is a beautiful live recording of the 12th avenue hotclub. We are really proud of the recording, and are excited to share it. For a hard copy, you can contact Doug directly at:
gdouglasbundy@gmail.com
You will also be able to get a hard copy at any of our live performances.
If you are more inclined to seek it out online, it is also available on CD Baby
http://cdbaby.com/cd/12thavehotclub
The CD will soon be available on Itunes.
To hear samples, check out our myspace page:
myspace.com/12thavenuehotclub

Not just any Democratic Party!

noreply@blogger.com (G Bundy) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000

The political pundits have spoken! 12th Avenue in '08!

On Tuesday Feb.5th, the hotclub rocked the Democratic Party of Oregon's Super Tuesday celebration at the Tiffany Center. As one of the most dramatic presidential elections in recent memory unfolded, the 12th Avenue Hotclub did its best to provide a soundtrack worthy of this historic moment. On the gig were our good friend Ben on Violin, Joel on drums, Dax. Tracy and Doug.

Many thanks to the Democratic Party of Oregon for the very memorable event. It was our honor to be a part of it!

Hot Club at the Carlyle

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:34:00 +0000

Joe, Dax, Tracy and Isaac played our first time at the renowned Carlyle Restaurant in NW Portland this weekend, for a private holiday party. Doug was at another holiday gig, or he would have been there with us. Excellent food, great atmosphere, and let's just say the lighting speaks for itself.

At first, we saw the people arriving in seasonally inappropriate Hawaiian print shirts, khakis and muu-muus, and we just thought it was a country club. Then we realized the night's theme was "A Night at South Beach." From there, it all began to make sense. But the string bikinis and speedos were noticeably absent.

Great time, lots of dancing, and our friend Muriel joined us for the second half of the night to croon the night away and kick the holidays off right.

No Olea Thursday, November 29

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:06:00 +0000

Last minute notice for any folks heading out to see us tonight at Olea. We're taking the week off, as there's a private party reserving out the entire restaurant and the place will be closed to the public. Come out next week for First Thursday, December 6 and we'll see you there!

Recorded CD on the way!

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:09:00 +0000

Well, here's some news for those of you who have been waiting all these years. We finally recorded a CD at the live performance we did for David's Harp benefit this fall. We got some excellent tracks, and they're currently being mixed for final production. We plan to press 500 at least to start, and they should be ready around Christmas.

Hot Club of Alaska

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:02:00 +0000

We hit the road in special formation to play for a corporate party in Anchorage recently. Tyler, Joe, Tracy and Isaac spent a couple days seeing the greater Anchorage area - glaciers, snow, mountains, and tasting the local specialty: reindeer sausage.

I'd like to say that we were serious the whole time, but as you can see, the only seriousness was that on stage, we still all count in 4/4 time.
The other 47 hours of the trip monkey time. I think the cold air got to our heads.

David's Harp-Friday 7pm @ St. David of Wales Episcopal Church

noreply@blogger.com (Dax) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:00:00 +0000

Come join the 12th Avenue Hot Club for a night of great gypsy jazz swing and support a wonderful organization.
This will be our second performance to help raise support and awareness for David's Harp. The mission of David's Harp is to provide a warm, friendly, supportive environment in which adults with a major mental illness, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation can come together to achieve an improved quality of life and the highest possible level of independence in the community.

Live Recording!
We will be recording this performance for an upcoming CD release so come and be a part of this historic event.

The hot swing starts and 7pm.
All ages are welcome.
See you there!

St David of Wales Episcopal Church,
2800 SE Harrison St., Portland, OR 97214l

Sparks fly at Tin Shed!

noreply@blogger.com (G Bundy) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:41:00 +0000

The Hot Club finished off the Summer in dramatic fashion this weekend at the fabulous Tin Shed. With John Savage and Joel Fadness as guest artists, sparks flew on a chilly September night. After downing generous helpings of Blackened Salmon and Chai Tea, we said good bye to Summer with a barnburning version of Limehouse Blues. (Complete with train sounds and "Newsies" style dancing.) We would like to thank our friends and family for all their support this Season, it has been a really busy and special Summer.

A few highlights:

We had the opportunity to play two weddings for family members, one for Isaac's brother - Lucien and one for Doug's cousin - Shannon. What a joy it was for us to share our music with those so close to us.

The Band traveled to Central Oregon, Camp Colton, Rainsong Vineyards in the Southern Willamette valley, and incredible historic houses all around Portland. In addition, the hot club enjoyed a short regular engagement at the Urban Wineworks in the Pearl, and recently performed at the Portland World Trade Center for the Children's Cancer Society of Oregon. (Doug tried to win the BMW Mini this year, but no luck.)

Throughout the Summer we have continued our weekly performances at OLEA, and the trio has been at Andina about twice a month. These have been great places for our folks to come out, and the food at OLEA is awesome!

We continue our almost year long engagement at OLEA this Thursday, 6:30-9:30. Hope to see you there!

Heading over to Olea

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:01:00 +0000

Tonight, the Hot Club five return to our Portland favorite, Olea restaurant for the Thursday night happy hour! Great small plates and drink specials from 5-7pm, and we play from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Olea is at
1338 NW Hoyt
Portland, Oregon 97209
503.274.0800

Come out and say hi if you're in the neighborhood!

McMinnville Rocks!

noreply@blogger.com (G Bundy) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:51:00 +0000

Thanks to all the fine folks of McMinnville who braved the clouds and caught us at Linfield College on August 7th. Playing under those giant oak trees for such an appreciative audience in the twilight was surely one of the highlights of our summer! On the gig were Isaac, Joe, Tracy, Doug, and Tyler Smith subbing for Dax on Bass. We hope to see some of our fabulous McMinnville friends up in Portland sometime.
Thanks to Juanita for her photo!

Nice setting in the Willamette Valley

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:16:00 +0000

We headed down to Cheshire, Oregon last weekend to play at a wedding of some friends at the Rainsong Vineyards. Weather could not have been better. Tyler Smith joined us with his groovy double bass because Dax was in California, and Joe was out as well, so Joel Fadness picked up the rhythm section with his bombastic jazz drums.

Wine, food, sunshine. Pretty great time. See more photos on Flickr.

This week's gigs in review

noreply@blogger.com (G Bundy) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:12:00 +0000

Thursday night at OLEA was rockin' thanks to those who came out, especially Ken, one of the kindest people we know.
We would like to extend our thanks to those who came out to the Urban Wineworks Saturday afternoon. We will finish up our July gigs there next Saturday, 2 to 4. The pinot Gris is crisp and has a touch of pear according to Isaac.
We would also like to express our apologies to anyone who came to the tin shed and saw that we were not performing. Unfortunately, the gig was canceled by the management due to weather concerns. We are very sorry that we were not able to get this information out to you in time, it did not come to us until after we had arrived at the gig. If you came later expecting to see us, please post a comment and we will send you a free demo CD with original artwork by Joe. He used to work for a world famous comic book company.
You can ask him about it Sunday night at Andina, where he will be holding court with Dax and Tracy.

See you soon!

Test a pic post

noreply@blogger.com (jOe) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:51:00 +0000

Here is a pic from way back.

Strutting in Sisters

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:54:00 +0000

We recently took a roadtrip to Sisters, Oregon to play for the Sisters Art Festival. Here's the team cruising down the Old West streets of downtown.

About the Group

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:23:00 +0000

The 12th Avenue Hot Club quintet plays a blend of '30s and '40s jazz known as Vintage Acoustic Swing: old classics and dusty jump tunes from the swing era made famous by Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt and others.

All unplugged and extremely portable, the group features Tracy Kim on lead and rhythm guitar, Douglas Bundy on clarinet and vocals, Isaac Szymanczyk on violin and vocals, Joseph Kim on rhythm guitar, and Dax Smith on double bass.

Formed in 2001, the quintet often performs at private tea parties, weddings and banquets by engagement, as well as in public cafes, clubs and ballrooms. It is rumored that the group can frequently be witnessed in public gathering places for impromptu sessions of daredevil playing and rhythmic whimsy.

Perfect with a glass of wine or a fine cigar, the 12th Avenue Hot Club takes you from the smoky bistros of pre-war France to the ballrooms of 1940s America to the breezy beaches of Brazil, with a seamless flair and sense of swing.

Test one.

isaacman@gmail.com (Isaac) — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:41:00 +0000

check it.