# Photos: New York Hot Jazz Festival 2017: One of the most enjoyable hangs of the year: Videos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2017/09/28/new-york-hot-jazz-festival-one-enjoyable-hangs-year-videos/
- Published: 2017-09-28T09:56:28+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**One of the most enjoyable hangs of the year is the annual celebration of 1920s
and 30s swing music presented by the ebullient promoter and irrepressible hot jazz
aficionado Michael Katsobashvili. **

A marathon of 12 continuous hours of exuberant music on three stages in the McKittrick
Hotel, home of the immersive theater experience Sleep No More, the fifth annual 
New York Hot Jazz Festival revived the sounds of Fats Waller, Benny Goodman, Django
Reinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald and other icons of yesteryear in a festive bash held 
Sept. 24.

Mainstays like trumpeter-cornetist Gordon Au’s Grand Street Stompers (with guest
singer Molly Ryan) and trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso’s EarRegulars (with guest singer
Brianna Thomas) got things cooking in the early evening with vintage fare like “
Liberty Stable Blues,” “Get Rhythm In Your Soul,” “When I Take My Sugar To Tea,”“
Panama” and “Kissing My Baby Goodnight.”

⌊Photo of Jon-Erik Kellso⌉⌊Photo of Jon-Erik Kellso⌉
 _Jon-Erik Kellso (Photo: Aidan
Grant / New York Hot Jazz Festival 2017)_

Trumpeter-singer Bria Skonberg, a dynamic entertainer and co-founder of the New 
York Hot Jazz Festival, later turned the heat up with a swinging romp through Louis
Armstrong’s “Hotter Than That,” an earthy “Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me”
and a sultry rendition of “Whatever Lola Wants,” backed by saxophonist Patrick Bartley,
trombonist Corey Wilcox, pianist Mathis Picard, bassist Russell Hall and drummer
Darrian Douglas.

Up on Gallow Green, the McKittrick Hotel’s rooftop bar, dapper clarinet virtuoso
Felix Peikli and vibraphonist Joe Doubleday co-led a quartet in a lively tribute
to the classic Benny Goodman Quartet. The Norwegian-African Peikli, decked out in
a plaid suit, showed a wry wit in dedicating “After You’ve Gone” to President Trump,
then played a swooning “Moonglow” and a beautiful “Gone” with old-soul elegance,
while rocking “Sweet Georgia Brown” in a furious tempo. Singer Kat Edmonson joined
the group on a romp through Fats Waller’s “Honeysuckle Rose,” then channeled her
inner Billie Holiday on the romantic ’20s tune “If I Had You.”

In The Heath, an intimate nightclub setting in the McKittrick, seductive French 
singer Elizabeth Bougerol led the Hot Sardines, featuring pianist Evan Palazzo and
tap dancer AC Lincoln, on invigorating renditions of “Crazy Rhythm” and “You’re 
Driving Me Crazy” before breaking out her native tongue for some alluring chanson.
Another fabulous singer, Tamar Korn, dedicated her set to the music of the spirited
Jazz Age songstress Annette Hanshaw.

In the Mystery Train, an actual antique railroad car located just outside of The
Heath, violinist Andy Stein and guitarist Vinny Raniolo recreated the classic duets
of Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, including “Goin’ Places,” “Doin’ Things” and “I’ll
Never Be The Same.”

Later in that intimate space, guitarist James Chirillo joined longtime Maria Schneider
Orchestra reedman Scott Robinson on a presentation of Jazz Age theremin. Although
this eerie-sounding electronic instrument, played without any physical contact by
the performer, is often associated with the 1951 sci-fi film _The Day The Earth 
Stood Still_, it was actually created in 1920 by Russian inventor Leon Theremin 
and introduced to the United States by 1927. Robinson showed his mastery of the 
instrument on renditions of Duke Ellington’s “Creole Love Song” and “Solitude” and
the Jazz Age nugget “Roses Of Picardy,” which had the theremin ace doubling wonderfully
on Armstrong-inspired trumpet.

Other highlights of the fifth annual bash included the first-ever appearance together
of Djangophile guitarist Stephane Wrembel and French singer Cyrille Aimée, both 
of whom grew up in Django Reinhardt’s hometown of Samois-sur Seine; singers Martina
DaSilva and Tatiana Eva-Marie joining Dennis Lichtman’s Mona’s Hot Four; clarinetist
Anat Cohen playing a lively set of choro music on the Gallow Green; and trumpeter
Jumane Smith (a member of Harry Connick Jr.’s TV show band) channeling his inner
Satchmo with his All-Stars.

⌊Photo of Cyrille Aimee⌉⌊Photo of Cyrille Aimee⌉
 _Cyrille Aimêe (Photo: Aidan Grant/
New York Hot Jazz Festival 2017)_

The music continued into the wee hours with Shanghai Mermaid’s Midnight Speakeasy,
which included an all-star jam, a washboard battle between Frenchmen Stephane Seva
and David Langlois, classic burlesque by Amber Ray and 1920s dance numbers by the
team of Nathan & Gaby.

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