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DFNW - Nuages & Hot Club of Troy

  • Whidbey Island Center for the Arts PO Box 52 | 565 Camano Avenue Langley, WA 98260 (map)

Nuages (opening):
Michael-Paul Gurule (Vocals, Sax), Nick Sokol (Mandolin, Tenor Sax), Marceline Keene (Guitar), Sarah Yates (Bass)

Nuages, a modern jazz Manouche ensemble inspired by Django Reinhardt, blends Manouche jazz with traditional American jazz, Brazilian samba, Argentinian tango, French chanson, and other incredible global sounds.  Listeners are treated to a warm and engaging journey of high-level musicianship with a range of artistic expression. Nuages has enjoyed over a decade of performance and recording.  They have performed twice at the Djangofest Northwest Festival, as well as several concerts and events throughout Northwest Washington. 

Hot Club of Troy
Keegan Harshman (Bass), Grant Neubauer (Piano), Mickey Grimm (Drums), & Troy Chapman (Guitar)

The Hot Club of Troy are very happy to be returning to the WICA’s Michael Nutt stage for DFNW 2023! Guitarist and eponymous group  leader, Troy Chapman will be joined on stage by some of Whidbey’s (and the Pacific NW’s) most brilliant musicians, including: Grant Neubauer on piano, Keegan Harshman on bass, and Mickey Grimm on drums, and special guests. An absolutely beautiful and exciting afternoon of music, inspired by and honoring the immortal Django, lies in store for Djangofest fans of all ages!

Earlier Event: September 22
DFNW - Duved Dunayevsky 4
Later Event: September 23
DFNW - Paulus Schäfer Quartet

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts would like to begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral homelands, originally known as Tscha-kole-chy (SHA-KOL-CHI) in Lushootseed (LU-SHOOT-SEED), of the Coastal Salish Peoples, on the lands of the lower Skagit, Tulalip (tuh·lay·luhp), Swinomish (SWIN-ə-mish), Snohomish (snō-hō-mish), Stillaguamish (still-uh-GWAH-mish), and Suquamish (soo-kwah-mish), who have lived in the Salish Sea basin since time immemorial and have hunted, fished, gathered, and taken care of these lands.

We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

Please join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this territory and for their enduring care and protection of the land in which we currently occupy and share through the Treaty of Point Elliott signed by 82 tribes in Múckl-te-óh (Mukilteo) on January 22, 1855.