The HOT ANTIC JAZZ BAND was founded in 1979 by five musicians who discovered that they had a common passion for the music of the legendary Jabbo Smith and of the Chicago bands of the late 20's.
The musicians are:
Michel BASTIDE, cornet, vocal
Bernard ANTHERIEU, clarinet, alto-sax, picking-banjo & vocal
Michel BESCONT, tenor-sax, clarinet & vocal
Martin SECK, piano, vocal
Henry LEMAIRE, banjo, clarinet
Christian LEFEVRE, tuba, vocal
The main target of the band is to play for fun as a group of excellent friends enjoying the same musical frame of mind, always surprised by the very positive responses of audiences all over the world...
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The HOT ANTIC JAZZ BAND was founded in 1979 by five musicians who discovered that they had a common passion for the music of the legendary Jabbo Smith and of the Chicago bands of the late 20's.
The musicians are:
Michel BASTIDE, cornet, vocal
Bernard ANTHERIEU, clarinet, alto-sax, picking-banjo & vocal
Michel BESCONT, tenor-sax, clarinet & vocal
Martin SECK, piano, vocal
Henry LEMAIRE, banjo, clarinet
Christian LEFEVRE, tuba, vocal
The main target of the band is to play for fun as a group of excellent friends enjoying the same musical frame of mind, always surprised by the very positive responses of audiences all over the world
The Hot Antics’ career has taken them all over Europe, USA, Canada, India, Japan and Africa.
Among the festivals in North America:
Sacramento Dixieland Jubilee (California)
Colorado Jazz Summit (Denver)
Jazz Heritage Festival (Colorado)
San Juan Island Festival (Seattle)
San Francisco Traditional Jazz Festival (California)
Fort Collins Jazz Festival (Colorado)
Toronto International Jazz Festival (Canada)
San Diego Great American Jazz Festival (California) …
… and many concerts:
New York: Jazz Center, Village Vanguard and Carnegie Hall
Boston, Cambridge (Massachusetts)
York (Pennsylvania)
Denver (Colorado)
New Orleans (Louisiana)
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego (California)
Chicago (Illinois)
Washington D.C
Durham, University of New Hampshire ;
Lafayette, Bridgewater (New Jersey)
Canada: du Maurier Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Ottawa International Jazz Festival
etc …
The HOT ANTIC JAZZ BAND did many tours in Europe (England, Switzerland, Netherland, Wales, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Scotland...) and in Africa and Asia, and played in many festivals of traditional jazz:
Ecosse: Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Nairn Jazz Festival
Italy: Umbria Jazz Festival, Festival Internazionale Dixieland Dei Laghi
Spain: Barcelona Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival de Granollers
Germany: Festivals de Freiburg, Schau Platz de Langenfeld, Göttingen, Dresden, Jena, etc…
England: Whitley Bay Jazz Festival, Aldeburgh, Keswick, Nottingham…
France: XIème International Jazz Festival de Nîmes, "24 heures du Swing de Monségur", Festival de Marciac, Megève Jazz Contest, Castelsarras’in Lousianne, Sancy Snow Jazz, Festivals de: Montpellier, Ramatuelle, Bastia, Montbard, Albi, Festival Jazz Opale de Dunkerque, Festival des Enfants du Jazz de Barcelonnette, Journées Musicales de Tencin, Jazz in Paese, 9ème Printemps de l'Aspre, etc…
Wales: Brecon Jazz Festival
Netherland: Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Breda, Zutphen, Hengelo, Arnhem Storyville Jazz Club etc…
Tunisia: Festivals de Carthage, Monastir…
Morocco: Festival des Orangers, Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakech, Safi
India: Festivals de Bombay, Calcutta, New-Delhi, Bangalore, Goa, etc…
Japan: Osaka, Kobe Jazz Street Festival, Kobe Harborland Jazz Convention
Ireland: Jazz & Blues Festival of Belfast
Norway: Oslo Jazz Festival
Sweden: Askersund, Smögen, Silkeborg, Stockholm Jazzpuben Stampen
Finland: Helsinki
Hungary: Salgotarian Festival
Switzerland: Festival d’Ascona, Genève, Lutry, Monthey, Bernex, Vercori
Among the musical awards:
"BBC Best Band" Edinburgh Jazz Festival (Scotland)
"Honorary Citizens of the City of New Orleans"
"Prix Sidney Bechet" Académie du Jazz, Paris
"Premier Prix" Megève Jazz Contest
"Premier Prix" Festival de Jazz de Sainte Adresse "
Their trips have included exciting collaborations with some of jazz’s most impressive pioneers such as Jabbo Smith, Ikey Robinson, Benny Waters, Doc Cheatham, Turk Murphy, Topsy Chapman, Bob Barnard, Jim Galloway, Humphrey Lyttleton, Claude Luter, Jens Lindgren, Daniel Huck...
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