Hot Club of Baltimore

Hot Club of Baltimore, led by acclaimed guitarist Michael Joseph Harris, features an all-star lineup and talented guest musicians from the community for Charm City Django Jazz Fest. The Hot Club of Baltimore performs inspired arrangements of the Django Reinhardt repertoire, French waltzes, and Trad Jazz.

The Django Legacy Band

The Django Legacy Band features 3 of the youngest brightest stars of Gypsy jazz, Henry Acker from Boston, Sam Farthing from Maryland, and Grant Flick from Michigan (reunited for the first time since 2018!)

Ultrafaux

Opening band for Charm City Django Jazz Fest will be Brad Brose and his Bad Bros, a New York City-based band with a unique sound that combines traditional hot jazz from the 30’s with an electric and eclectic vibe. The band is composed of members from all over the world, with diverse international musical backgrounds.

Hot Club of San Francisco

The Hot Club Of San Francisco has been active since the early 1990s. There have been many personnel changes along the way other than its leader guitarist Paul Mehling. The current version includes violinist Evan Price, rhythm guitarists Jordan Samuels, and Nelson Hutchison, and bassist Dexter Williams.

Hot Club of Saratoga

Since forming in early 2013, Hot Club of Saratoga has brought the hot swing sound to venues throughout Upstate New York. They played the main stage at The Annual Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz festival in 2021 and 2022, and were nominated for the Jazz Artist of The Year by the Eddies Awards three times, taking the Eddies home in 2022 as well as the 2023 Listen Up Award for Favorite Jazz Artist.

Dallas Vietty

Dallas’ unique style comes from his background in the American jazz tradition, as well as study and immersion in the European swing tradition of Django Reinhardt and French accordionists. Dallas remains very active on the East Coast concert and festival scene. His groups have performed at some of the top U.S. festivals.

Grant Flick

Grant is a multi-instrumentalist currently living in Ann Arbor, MI who grew up playing within American improvisational idioms (bluegrass, jazz, Texas swing). He uses his experience to write original music that interacts with the diverse group of musicians and backgrounds with whom he collaborates. Hannah, a Classical and Irish fiddle player based in Boston, MA, grew up learning fiddle from her dad Andrew O’Brien. She enjoys connecting her two worlds through composing and arranging new and traditional music that reaches across genres.

Sam Farthing

Baltimore guitarist, composer, and educator Sam Farthing has dedicated his life to the preservation of the traditions of gypsy jazz and swing. He has studied and performed with some of the world's top gypsy jazz guitarists including Stochelo and Mozes Rosenberg, Fapy Lafertin, Tchavolo and Samson Schmitt and many others. Samuel has performed in some of the most prestigious gypsy jazz festivals across the world.

Jonathan Greene

Jonathan Greene is an in-demand clarinetist based part time in Saratoga Springs, NY and New Orleans, LA. He is known by his peers and audiences alike for his lyrical phrasing, originality, and ability to adapt to a wide variety of styles, from classical, to jazz, to world music. As both a bandleader and sideman, Jonathan has performed with groups that shared the stage with Jay Leno, Marcus Roberts, Anat Cohen, Gabacho Maroc, Rebirth Brass Band, Robert Glasper among others.

Henry Acker

Henry Acker is a young powerhouse jazz guitarist who performs both in the style of Django Reinhardt as well as in the traditional jazz style. A child prodigy who began playing at age 8 and performing professionally at age 9, Henry has already shared the stage with jazz greats Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola, Julian Lage, Bireli Lagrene and Vic Juris as well as Gypsy Jazz legends Samson Schmitt, Mozes Rosenberg, Adrien Moignard and Joscho Stephan.

Eduardo Belo

Bio coming soon.

Steve Karla

Bio coming soon.