Hot Club Nouveau
Hot Club Nouveau Once called "Ft. Collins' most unique band," Hot Club Nouveau is a gypsy swing jazz quartet featuring James Anderson on violin, Scott Kruser on guitar, Phil Spencer on bass, and Brennan Howell on drums. Primarily performing music in the style of 1930's guitar revolutionary Django Reinhardt, HCN is unlike most gypsy swing bands by adding many "nouveau" twists to this popular jazz style such as touches of funk, samba, blues and other musical colors. A littler more than a year old, this "truly talented band" has performed at most major venues in Ft Collins (such as Avos, Road 34 Bar, and Stonehouse Grille), the Oxford Hotel and Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge in Denver, CO, has been featured on KRFC's live@lunch, has appeared at the Le Quecumbar Brasserie gypsy jazz club in London, England, has been featured in Anchorage, Alaska, and has co-headlined the Helena Jazz Jubilee Festival in Helena, Montana.