| Description | Price |
| 7 piece Orchestra | £1500 |
| 5 piece Hot Club | £1000 |
| 4 piece Hot Club | £800 |
| Trio | £600 |
ABOUT BENOIT VIELLEFON HOT CLUB:
Benoit Viellefon's Hot Club is inspired by the swinging music that emerged from the infamous Parisian Cafes and nightclubs of the 1930s and 1940s. A unique ensemble that celebrates the popular songs played by artists like Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet. With all the romanticism and nostalgia of the French repertoire and with a nod to the American jazz virtuosi who visited Paris, the Hot Club is the perfect mix of European finesse and the restless fervour of American hot jazz.
The Hot Club is made up of the finest musicians on the London jazz scene, all of them bringing their own character and experience, and contributing to the unique identity of the band. Fronted by Benoit himself on guitar and lead vocals, the timeless 2-guitar and double bass format is spiced up with a variety of instruments including violin, clarinet, trumpet and sometimes piano.
Consistently first choice at vintage festivals, high profile events across Europe, as well as boasting residencies in London’s most exclusive clubs and concert halls, their busy diary is testament to the public’s love for their music and the atmosphere they create. Most recently they have appeared on Hollywood films, national television and radio, and have played for the likes of Rowan Atkinson and Skunk Anansie.
You can get a chance to experience a trip back to the Paris St-Germain Jazz clubs of the 1930's at the Band's residencie hosted on sunday nights at Ronnie Scotts. You'll get to see the best swing dancers the country has to offer on this world famous dancefloor, the whole things looks like being straight out of a hollywood period film.
ABOUT BENOIT VIELLEFON & HIS ORCHESTRA:
In his flagship project, Benoit directs an ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians in a manner reminiscent of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and Charles Trenet at the very height of their popularity. His authentic vocal renditions of French chanson, Swing, Russian folk, Latin American dance music have captivated audiences across the UK and all over Europe, Russia and the Far East. Benoit's successful tours in Italy, France, Belgium, Croatia, Russia and Japan are testament to the orchestra's dazzling mix of high-energy multi-instrumental virtuosity and effortless melody, guaranteed to have audiences on their feet and in each others' arms.
The Orchestra are the hottest live outfit for all those who revel in the nostalgia and elegance of a bygone era, with a repertoire consisting of the most beautiful and uplifting songs from the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s and originals in the same classic style.
The Orchestra, in their latest incarnation, features a talented troupe of musicians - drummer, double bassist, pianist, tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, all providing backing vocals, fronted by Benoit on rhythm guitar and lead vocals - and sometimes special guests female singers or flapper girls. The incredible 3 part horn section is their secret weapon and key to delivering a rich and exciting sound. Countless tunes have been sourced and arranged for the this 7 piece ensemble and new material is added on a regular basis to pleese their following. The Orchestra have surely become London's hottest live outfit for all those who revel in the nostalgia and elegance of a bygone era.
Thanks for playing at my birthday party.
You were amazing, the music was brilliant and you are all very talented. I enjoyed myself singing with you.
Madonna (for her birthday party in Cannes France)
I love your music, you were absolutely fabulous, you made the evening.
Annie Lennox (NYE at the Wolseley)
Thank you very much for playing for us.
Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh Awards at Mansion House)
You were the best band to listen to and most importantly to dance to at Twinwood festival 2015, an instant hit on the dancefloor. PLease come back next year.
Twinwood festival 2015
Based in East London
= areas covered (up to 500 miles)
Complete discography available on https://benoitviellefon.bandcamp.com/
SOME TYPICAL VOCAL NUMBERS:
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A nightingale sung in Berkeley Square
After you've gone
Ain't misbehaving
Ain't she sweet
All of me
As time goes by
Black Orpheus
Blue drag
Ca se fait, ca se fait pas
C’est si bon
Call the police
Charleston
Cheek to cheek
Coucou
Dark eyes
Deed I do
Dinah
Dream a dream of me
Egyptian Ella
Everybody loves my baby
Exactly like you
Ferme la bouche
Gee baby ain't I god to you
Honeysuckle rose
I can't give you anything but love
I fall in love too easily
I love you for sentimental reasons
I'm in the mood for love
I’m just a gigolo / I ain’t got nobody
Is you is or is you ain’t my babe
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing
It had to be you
It must be Jelly
It's only a Papermoon
I wanna be loved by you
J'attendrai
King of the swingers - from Junglebook
Les feuilles mortes
Love me or leave me
Lulu's back in Town
Me myself and I
Mon amour
My dog is a gypsy
My melancholy baby
Night and day
Out with the wrong women
Pennies from heaven
Putting on the Ritz
Rosetta
Sheik of Araby
Shine / That's why they call me shine
Shimmy like sister Kate
Sous le ciel de Paris
Smile
Sunny side of the street
Them there eyes
There will never be another you
Tiger Rag
Two guitars
When I take my sugar to tea
When you're smiling
Whispering
You run your mouth
SOME TYPICAL INSTRUMENTALS:
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Besame Mucho
Black Orpheus
Blue Monk
Blue Moon
China Boy
Coquette
Daphne
Djangology
Django's Tiger
Douce ambiance
Georgia on my mind
How Can you face me now?
Hungaria
I'll see you in my dreams
Indiana
Indifference
J'attendrai
Limehouse blues
Mood Indigo
Montagne St. genevieve
My Blue Heaven
Minor blues
Minor swing
Nuages
Out of Nowhere
Polka dots and Moonbeams
September song
Stevedore Stomp
Stomping at the Savoy
Sweet Georgia Brown
Subdued mood
Swing 39
Swing 42
Swing 48
Swing Gitan
Take the A train
Things ain't what they used to be
The Godfather film soundtrack
The Mooche
Them there eyes
Two guitars
Flexible. To be discussed for each event.
We can play acoustically, also provide a light PA we can take on planes, and a small PA (150 people) for the UK events.
We can bring 4 stage light if required.
Stage size, parking, dressing room, food, access, promotion.
Not spotify. We use Bandcamp only:
https://benoitviellefon.bandcamp.com/
Venues:
The royal Albert Hall, the Kremlin, Resident at Ronnies Scotts for 10 years
Private parties:
Madonna, Rowan Atkinson, Putin, The royal family, James Corden, and many others
Film:
Hollywood, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, European films
Radio:
BB3 Sean Rafferty show
More details on: http://www.benoitandhisorchestra.com/uk/gigs-private.html
All the greats from teh 1920s to 1950's.
Guitar: Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Jimi Hendrix
Vocals: Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Yves Montand
Arranging: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Chick Webb
Please go to my website isf you want to know more:
https://benoitviellefon.com/
We have done over 2000 events.
We only like to play the events where people are interested in the music, even if there are only a few af them.
Flexible. To be discussed for each event.
If we are protected from the weather yes.
If there is a stage with waterproof electrics yes
If the wind does not blow all the scores away yes
If it's not too cold so the saxophone keys freeze yes
If it's not so hot that all teh string instruments go out of tune constantly yes
If we don't have to carry our equipments across fields of mud yes (hello Glastongury and co...)
We have 150 tunes. We know what we are doing.
You can listen to some of the tracks (9 albums) there: https://benoitviellefon.com/music
Just read the reviews: https://benoit-viellefon-live.designmynight.com/
--- LATEST PRIVATE EVENTS ---
Madonna
British Prime Minister
Russian Government
Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean)
Ron Dennis (Owner of McLaren)
Perrier Jouet 200th anniversary
Wikipedia 10th Anniversary
American Airlines
Royal Festival Hall
14th July Bal - French Embassy
Wales National Theatre
BFI 55th Film Festival ( premiere of "the Artist")
--- SOME RESIDENCIES ---
Resident at Ronnie Scotts
Resident at Royal Albert Hall
Resident at Future Cinema / Secret Cinema
Resident at The Nightjar (Old Street)
Resident at The Oriole (Farringdon)
Resident at Zedel (Picadilly)
--- SOME FESTIVALS ---
Twinwood (headliner)
Glastonbury Festival (Jazz Stage headliner)
Wilderness Festival (Headline)
Vintage Festival (Torch Club Headliner)
Rome International Burlesque Festival (Headline)
--- VARIOUS PUBLIC VENUES ---
Royal Halbert hall - regular appearances
Ronnie Scotts - regular appearances
The Troxy - regular appearances
Royal festival Hall
The Ritz Paris
The Langham Hotel
Moods Zurich
Floridita London
--- TV & Films ---
Appearances in hollywood films ( Scorcese, Ziemeckis...)
Appearances in TV ( NETFLIX, BBC2, France2, SKY, ITV...)
RESIDENCIES
Ronnie Scotts
Nightjar
Nightjar Carnaby
PUBLIC VENUES
BFI (Bristish Film Institute)
Black Cotton Club
Blitz Parties
Brasserie Zedel
Bethnal green Town Hall
Blue Bird Chelsea
Bodleian Library (Oxford University)
Camden Hall (Camden Centre)
Cambridge Lindy Exchange
Welsh National Opera House (Cardiff Wales)
Cork National Opera House (Ireland)
Crazy Coqs
De Roma (Antwerpen Belgium)
100 Wardour St (The Marquee/Floridita)
Earls Court Exhibition Hall
Everyman Cinema
Electric Palace
Gaz Rockin Blues
Ghetto Club (Split Croatia)
Glorious Goodwood (Racetrack)
Hackney Picture House
Hammersmith Town Hall
Hootananny Brixton
Horniman Museum
Hornsey Town Hall
Islington Metal Work
Jamboree
Kettners
Mayfair Arts Club
Micca Club (Rome Italy)
Moods (Zurich Switzerland)
National Theatre (London)
N.E.C National Exhibition Centre
New Empowering Church
Nighthawks / Uptown Swing
Oblix (The Shard - London)
Open (Norwich)
Oxford Lindy Exchange
Paradise (By way of Kensal Green)
Parc de la Vilette (Paris France)
Porchester Hall London
Prohibition parties
Proud Cabaret
Quaglino's (Mayfair)
Quattro Clubs (Nagoya - Nagoya Japan)
Quecumbar
Raymond Revue Bar (Soho)
Royal Air Force
Rivoli Ballroom
Riviera Swing
Ronnie Scotts
Royal Albert Hall
Royal Academy of Arts
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Shinkiba Studio Coast (Tokyo Japan)
Shoreditch Studios
Splendid (Lille France)
Stadtkino (Zurich Switzerland)
The Troxy (London 97 shows)
The Terrace ( Meridien Picadilly)
Village Underground
The Wolseley
93 Feet East
100 Club
FESTIVALS AS HEADLINER
Blysh Festival
Camp Bestival
City of London festival
Ealing Global festival
Glastonbury festival Jazz stage
Harrogate International Festival
London International Burlesque Festival
London Jazz Festival
Norfolk-Norwich Festival
Rhythm Riot Festival
Rome International Burlesque festival
Standon Calling Festival
Twinwood Festival
V&A - Victoria & Albert Museum
Vintage Festival
Vintage by the Sea
Wilderness Festival
Zurich EWZ StadtKino Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
RADIOS
BBC Radio 3 - Sean Rafferty
BBC Cambridge
French Radio London (RMC)
Glastonbury Festival Radio
Radio Diesel U Music
Radio resonance Fm
TELEVISION
BBC2 TV
BBC Scotland
BT Sport 1
Channel4-London
FRANCE2 TV
SKY TV
PERFORMANCES ABROAD
Belgium - Croatia - Dubai (AUE) - England - France - Germany- Greece - Holland - India - Ireland - Italy - Japan - Romania - Russia
Scotland - Switzerland - Wales
CELEBRITIES
Annie Lennox
British Prime Minister
Clarke Peters
David Beckham
Duke of Edinburgh
James Corden
Lady Antonia Fraser
Lord Beaverbrook
Madonna's 56th Birthday (with Kate Moss, Bono, Guy Ritchie, Dean & Dan Caten, Elvis Costello...)
Mark Ronson
Prince Harry
Queen's Jubilee
Royal Wedding street party
Ron Dennis (owner MacLaren Formula 1)
Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean)
Russel Brand
Vladimir Putin
Skunk Anansie
Stone Roses
CORPORATES & PRIVATE EVENTS
Accenture
Annabel's Private Members Club
American arirlines
Battersea Power Station
Barnsley House
Barts Chelsea
Breitling watches
British Airways
British Utilities Award 2015
Caledonian Private Member Club
Cambridge Guildhall
Celtic Manor (Wales)
Cercul Militar (Bucharest Romania)
Chambord Liqueurs
Chenies Manor
Christie’s London
Cliveden House
Collection 26
Courvoisier Cognac
Danesfield House
De Vere Beaumont Estate (Old Windsor)
Dewsall Court
Fulham Palace
Hampton Court Palace
Hapsburg Absinth
Hendrick's Gin
Hennessy Cognac
Horniman museum
HMS President (London)
Honorable Artillery Company
Il Bottaccio
In & Out Private Member Club
Kensington roof garden
Kensington Palace
KPMG
London Guildhall
La Chapelle - Bishopsgate
Lauderdale House
Liberty Global
Mayfair Arts Club
MPA - British Music Publishers Association
Matchbox Magazine
Middle Temple (London)
Mosimann’s
MTNI Award Ceremony 2013
Novartis
Olympic Commitee (London 2012)
Pernod-Ricard UK (Lillet & Ricard)
Perrier-Jouët 200th anniversary
Quinn Emmanuel Urqquart & Sullivan
Seymour Powell
Specsavers
Stella Artois
Tate Britain (London)
Quintessentially events
Royal Automobile Club (Pall Mall)
Royal London Hospital
Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Air Force Club (Picadilly)
SCHMITT & ORLOV IPR
Villa St-George (Cannes France)
Wikipedia 10th anniversary
Youth Aliyah 80th anniversary (Nobel Prize)
5 STAR HOTELS
Astoria Hotel (St-Petersburg Russia)
Corinthia Hotel London (Massimo's)
Edition Hotel (London)
Four Seasons Hotel London Park Lane
Grange Hotel (St Paul London)
Intercontinental Hotel (Bucharest Romania)
Intercontinental Hotel (Park Lane London)
Hilton Hotel Park Lane London
Hilton Metropole NEC Birmingham
Hotel Martinez (Cannes film festival France)
Midland Hotel (Morecambe Deco)
Park Plazza River Bank London
Park Plazza Westminster Bridge London
Langham Hotel London
Le Meridien Picadilly
Le Meridien Hotel (Lav Croatia)
Lenzerheide Kurhaus Hotel (Switzerland)
Sheraton Hotel London Park Lane
The Ritz Hotel (Paris France)
Westin Costa Navarino (Greece)
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