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HOT ANTIC JAZZ BAND
(NIMES, FRANCE)
  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 black bands of Chicago in the late 20's.

The original members were :
- Michel Bastide, an eye surgeon, on cornet and valve trombone
- Jean-François Bonnel, a student who became later on a music teacher, on reeds and cornet
- Gilles Berrut, another student who became a surgeon, on piano
- Jean-Pierre Dubois, a consulting engineer, on banjo and reeds
- Chistian Lefèvre, an architect, on tuba and valve trombone

In 1982 Virginie Suran, a student who later married Jean-François Bonnel joined the band on reeds.

In 1983 Stéphane Matthey, a magistrate, replaced Gilles Berrut who left for a more serious medical studying.

In 1989 Bernard Antherieu, an agronomist, on reeds and banjo, and Philippe Raspail, a teacher, on reeds, replaced Jean-François and Virginie Bonnel.

In 1997 Martin Seck, a German computer engineer, replaced Stephane Matthey.

In 2008, especially for the “Summit”, Jean-François Bonnel is back again, replacing Philippe who is booked by his job. Jean-François is presently one of the top jazz musicians of the European jazz spots.

So the 2008 band is:

• Michel BASTIDE, cornet, valve trombone & vocal
• Bernard ANTHERIEU, clarinet, alto-sax, picking-banjo & vocal
• Jean-François BONNEL, C-melody-sax, alto-sax, clarinet, cornet & vocal
• Martin SECK, piano, washboard & vocal
• Jean-Pierre DUBOIS, banjo, clarinet & vocal
• Christian LEFEVRE, tuba, valve trombone, piano & 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 positive responses of audiences all over the world.

Their trips have included a thrilling collaboration with some of jazz’s most impressive pioneers such as Jabbo Smith, Ikey Robinson, Benny Waters, Doc Cheatham, Turk Murphy, Topsy Chapman, Bob Barnard, Hal Smith, Jim Galloway, Humphrey Lyttleton, Claude Luter...

The Hot Antics’ career has taken them all over Europe, USA, Canada, India, Japan and Africa.

Among the festivals in North America:
o Sacramento Dixieland Jubilee (California)
o Colorado Jazz Summit (Denver)
o Jazz Heritage Festival (Colorado)
o San Juan Island Festival (Seattle)
o San Francisco Traditional Jazz Festival (California)
o Fort Collins Jazz Festival (Colorado)
o Clear Lake Jazz Festival (Iowa)
o Toronto International Jazz Festival (Canada)
o San Diego Great American Jazz Festival (California) …

… and many concerts:
o New York: Jazz Center, Village Vanguard and Carnegie Hall
o Boston, Cambridge (Massachusetts)
o York (Pennsylvania)
o Denver (Colorado)
o New Orleans (Louisiana)
o San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego (California)
o Chicago (Illinois)
o Washington D.C
o Durham, University of New Hampshire ;
o Lafayette, Bridgewater (New Jersey)
o Canada: du Maurier International Jazz Festival Montréal, Ottawa International Jazz Festival
o etc …

Among the musical awards:
o "BBC Best Band" Edinburgh Jazz Festival (Scotland)
o "Honorary Citizens of the City of New Orleans"
o "Prix Sidney Bechet" Académie du Jazz, Paris
o "Premier Prix" Megève Jazz Contest
o "Premier Prix" Festival de Jazz de Sainte Adresse

DISCOGRAPHY

LE CRI DU CHIEN (CdC) HOT ANTIC label
"Ma Poule" CdC 001 (LP)
"Zoo" CdC 002 (featuring Jabbo Smith) (LP)
"J'attendrai" CdC 003 (CD)
"Morocco Blues" CdC 004 (CD)
"Live" Concerts Nîmes & Toulon 1997 CdC 005 (CD)
"Solitariness" CdC 006 (CD)
"20 ans" CdC 007 (CD)
"I Can’t Dance" CdC 008 (CD)
“Beedle Um Bum” CdC 009 (CD)

Stomp Off Records
"J'ai De La Fièvre" SOS 1044 (LP)
"We Love You Jabbo" SOS 1058 (LP)
"Jazz Battle" SOS 1099 (LP)
"Puttin' On The Ritz" SOS 1154 (LP)
"Turk at Carnegie" Carnegie Hall concert (4 tunes) SOS 1155 (LP)

Other recordings
"JABBO SMITH & the HOT ANTIC JAZZ BAND" ME 04 (LP)
"BENNY WATERS & the HOT ANTIC JAZZ BAND" ME 05 (LP)
"16ème Jazz Band Ball" 1980 (3 tunes) AJAZ 02 (LP)
"13ème Oude Stijl Breda Jazz Festival" 1983 (2 tunes) JC 14 15583 (LP)
"34. internationals Dixieland festival Dresden 2004" (CD)

"Get the Dixie feeling" Dresden jazz festival 2004-06-06 (CD)
"JABBO SMITH & the HOT ANTIC JAZZ BAND – European tour" Memories CD 04 (CD)
"OKOM C’EST BEAU" Hot Antic Jazz Band OKOM 2003 (CD)
"10 Jahre, Best Of Dixieland Meeting Jena" 2006 (1 tune) LC 09160 (CD)

Cassettes
Edinburgh International Jazz Festival 1986 (1 tune)
Highlights from the Edinburgh Jazz Festival 1987 (1 tune)
"Puttin' on the Ritz" SOS C 1154
"Turk at Carnegie" Carnegie Hall concert (4 tunes) SOS C 1155
"Indian Tour 1989" HAJB-1
"10th Anniversary Concert” featuring Claude Luter & Benny Waters HP 01
"J'attendrai" CdC 003
26th Dixieland Festival Dresden 1996 (1 tune)

Videos
"The Hot Antic Jazz Band at the 1988 Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival" San Diego, California. Heritage Music on Video : HMV HAOF-1 (VHS)
"25th Anniversary Concert" 2004 H-PDVD-1 (DVD)

www.hotantic.net

Why "HOT ANTIC"

by GARY KISER, tuba player of "Sac à Pulses"

FRENCH LESSON

How many of you know just how clever the name HOT ANTIC is ? If you can imagine, it is a double play on words in French still maintaining an English meaning. In English, we say Hot Antic depicting something, perhaps, a little wild, a little crazy. This is deliberate However, in French, Hot Antic is pronounced "oat ant-eek". It is from this pronunciation we derive two very clever jeux de mots (plays on words). The word "authentique" is pronounced "oat ant-eek", meaning, of course, "authentic". Those of you who are familiar with the Hot Antic Jazz Band, you know that "authentique" is a very appropriate word for the group. Then, the words "Haut Antique" is pronounced "oat ant-eek". Here "haut" means high or upper, and "antique" means, hhmmmm, I'll leave this one for you to resolve. Thus, this latter expression means something like "quality antique" which again is very appropriate for the HAJB. End of the French lesson.