A very fine gipsy swing record with a Vienna touch, this time besides Karl Hodina (accordeon) Aaron Wonesch (piano) is featured and Joschi´s son Diknu (guitar)

Don’t let the band name turn you off. Crossing musical boundaries has never seemed so easy. Hot Club Sandwich (I imagine pronouncing it how James Brown might… Haaaat!) breaks out gypsy, jazz, Louisiana bluegrass, swing, middle eastern, latin and a touch of funk folk. Brilliant from “Stompin’ at KAOS” through to the final title track.

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Parole(s) de swing [Word(s) of swing]… Coming from a culture where giving your word amounts to signing a contract, this may seem tantamount to saying “Gypsy’s honour” or “Cross my Manouche heart”… Anyway, it’s easy to guess that it’s not just a question of vain words or honour of anything here (if we do nothing but keep that neat little catchphrase in mind, however short lived it may be). And we’ll be all the more convinced we’re right when we learn that these original lyrics, superbly assumed by a Sanseverino rarely heard or seen so well accompanied, have been set to music by accordionist Ludovic Beier – to mention the two songs that mark this album – and the words are from the pen of none other than Angelo Debarre. Of course his hands are part of the talking process too, they’ve done most of the orchestration on the album (just listen to the exposition on ‘Paris je t’aime’) to song tunes (so we’ve come full circle). And the two fellow-travellers (Angelo and Ludovic) have never made music in such total unison (see ’Sous le ciel de Paris’). Noted and approved! Max ROBIN - "Le Chant Du Monde"

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Recorded at the home of Gypsy Swing in Britain, and arguably the best acoustic venue in London Le Quecumbar. The recording came at the end of a 2 month tour so the band is ROCKING..! release date is October the 15th but to wet your appetite there'll be one full length mp3 up on this site and a couple of other samples .

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