Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz (Atlanta, Georgia) Book this Act Request More Info

BIOGRAPHY
Hotlanta sets your feet firmly on Bourbon Street in Old New Orleans. You'll experience every bit of the joy, energy, and humor of that early American Jazz called Dixieland. Songs from Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael, Louie Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, plus many old favorites like "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Royal Garden Blues", "South", "Hard Hearted Hannah", and "When The Saints Go Marchin' In" are all part of Hotlanta's musical treat.

Based in Atlanta, the group has performed extensively in the South since its founding by Don Erdman in 1990 with appearances at "The Famous Door" on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter, The Brevard College Jazz Festival in North Carolina, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, to name a few. Beyond the South, Hotlanta's music has been enjoyed around the globe at clubs and jazz festivals in Spain , Germany , Japan , France , Belgium , Finland , Denmark , Poland , Belarus , Saudi Arabia , and Singapore .

Hugh Rainey, of Jazz Journal International. London , England , wrote in his review of Hotlanta's compact disc "Happy Feet", "The front musicians are all accomplished and the standard of solos, so important in the Dixieland approach, is high.... a pleasing and promising debut album."

Jon Wacker, in McCook , Nebraska 's Daily Gazette reviewed a Hotlanta concert. "Improvisation is the heart of this music and Hotlanta showed that they were up to making it happen. Dixieland is a true American form that has provided the basis for so many other types of popular music. It was a treat to hear it presented so well and with a lot of class."

In The Atlanta Journal / Constitution, Steve Dollar's review praised the group when he wrote "Jazz fans are passionate over Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz when they show off their revved-up renditions of everything from prewar New Orleans chestnuts to postwar Duke Ellington standards."

Hotlanta's full instrumentation is the traditional sextet: Clarinet, Cornet, Trombone, Banjo/Vocals, Tuba and Drums. Hotlanta also performs as a trio, quartet, or quintet. In addition to their "Happy Feet" CD, other recordings include "Live in Spain" from a performance at Spain's Jazzaldia Festival, "The Saints" , a CD on the Intersound label, and their newest CD "There Ain't No Jazz Like Dixieland".

QUOTES AND COMMENTS
THE COASTLAND TIMES, Kitty Hawk, NC
"The six-man Hotlanta musical group made the rafters ring and the audience cheer. The group played and sang with enormous gusto that enchanted the foot stomping audience. It was a special evening with a very special musical group." Vera Evans

CREATIVE LOAFING Atlanta, GA
"Hotlanta coveys the charm and power of the music...the music pulls the listener in with its infectious rhythms and flights of improvisation, providing a glimpse of the excitement and creative energy of an earlier America" Richard Mills

THE OUTER BANKS SENTINEL, NC
"The music swung like a pendulum and kicked like a mule". Vocalist Rutan "had an easygoing, effortless delivery that nicely recalled Hoagy Carmichael" Peter Hummers

THE DAILY GAZETTE McCook, Nebraska
"Improvisation is the heart of this music and Hotlanta showed that they were up to making it happen. Dixieland is a true American form that has provided the basis for so many other types of popular music. It was a treat to hear it presented so well and with a lot of class." Jon Wacker

WOFFORD COLLEGE CONCERT, Spartanburg , SC
"Really enjoyed the close musical relationship that spreads from your group to the audience….
we even bought four CDs!"
Email from concert attendee, Andrew Doble.

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