The Hot Club of Cowtown coming to the Apex next month

From the bright lights of Nashville’s Grand Ol’ Opry to the Glastonbury and Cambridge Festivals, The Hot Club of Cowtown has ascended from their unlikely beginnings in NYC’s East Village more than two decades ago, to become the premier ambassadors of Hot Jazz and Western Swing.

And they are due to appear at the Apex, in Bury St Edmunds, later next month.

The joyful sound of this effervescent string trio blends traditional Western swing of the American southwest with European hot jazz influences of the same era.

There are glimpses into Romany music and culture, along with the musical sophistication and sizzle of Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt’s Quintette du Hot Club de France.

The trio also write their own material and reinterpret everything from hoedowns to American songbook standards in their own original style with Elana James’s spring-fingered violin solos and Whit Smith’s liquid guitar lines all propelled by Jake Erwin’s driving percussive upright bass.

The Hot Club of Cowtown return are at the Apex, on Sunday, May 1, at 7.30pm, see www.theapex.co.uk or ring 01284 758000 for more information or to book tickets.