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The Hot Club de France is a French organization of jazz fans dedicated to the promotion of "traditional" jazz, swing, and blues. It was founded in 1931 in Paris, France, by five students of the Lycée Carnot.〔Shack, William A. (2001). ''Harlem in Montmartre'',p. xv. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California. ISBN 978-0-520-22537-4.〕 In 1928, Jacques Bureaux, Hugues Panassié, Charles Delaunay, Jacques Auxenfans, and Elvin Dirat came together to listen to jazz and, later, promote its acceptance in France.〔''Harlem in Montmartre'' p. xv〕 The point was to make the public aware of jazz and to defend and promote the new style in the face of all opposition.〔Mouëllic, Gilles (Decembre 2001) Revue française d'études américaines, Hors-Série: Play it again, Sim... Hommages à Sim Copans "Le jazz au rendez-vous du cinéma: des Hot Clubs à la Nouvelle Vague" p. 99, Retrieved 4 April 2012.〕 The club began in the fall of 1931 as the Jazz Club Universitaire, as the members were all still students; it was reborn and reimagined in 1932 as the "Hot Club de France."〔'Dregni, Michael (2008). Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing, p. 55. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-19-531192-1〕 The club was founded by jazz enthusiasts and amateurs for the sole purpose of helping to spread the music to the rest of the world. The members joined together to promote the music in whatever form they could, leading to such developments as the first of many concerts in 1933, the creation of Le Jazz Hot, the club's official magazine, the founding of the Swing music label in 1937, conferences, rare-disc listening sessions, radio talks, and the birth of regional Hot Clubs, among others.〔 This amateur organization played an important role in the diffusion and discovery of jazz in France,〔Jamin, Jean and Williams, Patrick (Apr. - Sep. 2001) L'Homme No. 158/159, Jazz et Anthropologie "Glossaire et index des musiciens de jazz" p. 318-319, Retrieved 4 April 2012〕 and copycat organizations sprang up across Europe to spread the music in countries like Norway and Britain. ==General History== At the time the Hot Club began promoting concerts for the Quintette du Hot Club de France, Charles Delaunay was the Secretary General of the club and Hugues Panassié was the President;〔 these men often occupied different top positions amongst the heads of the group, but which roles each filled during which time period is hard to determine strictly from their involvement. Both men accomplished a great amount of work with the Club prior to their schism in 1947. The Hot Club has often adopted a fairly rigid stance in terms of the music it promotes; throughout its history the club has perpetuated the idea that only jazz rooted in the Swing and Blues traditions of African-American music is "authentic."〔Rye, Howard. (CONSORT Web Catalog - pverify2 (wam) ), ''Oxford Music Online'' Hot Club de France, Retrieved on 20 April 2012.〕 One example of this rigidity lies in the forced resignation of Charles Delaunay in 1947 over his growing interest in bop during the 1940s;〔''Oxford Music Online'' Hot Club de France〕 his acceptance of the music alienated other members, notably Hugues Panassié.〔 Although the Club is rigid in this philosophy, it is not, as some critics have said, only interested in the promotion of jazz styles from the pre-1945 era;〔 the club has promoted the music of musicians it considers to be authentic or in some way rooted in the authentic traditions of Swing and Blues.〔 These artists include, among others, Earl Bostic, Paul Gonsalves, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Ray Charles, Monty Alexander, Stanley Turrentine, and Stanley Jordan.〔 Around January 1934 Hugues Panassié and Pierre Nourry became the organization’s president and secretary, respectively.〔 In August 1938 the club was legally dissolved and refounded with Charles Delaunay as secretary.〔 Presidents also included Madeleine Gautier (1975–83) and Jacques Pescheux.〔 Louis Armstrong was elected honorary President of the Club in 1936;〔Meckna, Michael (2004). Satchmo: The Louis Armstrong Encyclopedia p. 142 ISBN 978-0-313-30137-7〕 he held that title until his death on 6 July 1971.〔Berrett, Joshua (1999). The Louis Armstrong Companion: Eight Decades of Commentary p. 60 ISBN 978-0-02-864669-5〕 The headquarters of the Hot Club de France moved from Paris to Montauban in 1948, to St.-Vrain (near Corbeil-Essonnes) in 1977, and to Nogent-sur-Marne in 1999.〔 The total affiliated Hot Clubs in France has varied widely; there were 17 "affiliated" and two "associated" clubs in 2000.〔 The Hot Club's library is housed at the Discothèque Municipale in Villfranche-de-Rouergue in Southern France;〔 it was begun with Hugues Panassié's core collection, numbering in excess of 6,000 78 rpm records and 9,000 LPs, and has since expanded.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hot Club de France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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