Hot Club of Cowtown and Sweet and Low Melody Co.

Hot Club of Cowtown is a threesome of high-heeled violinist Elana James, guitarist Whit Smith and Sacramento’s own bassist/singer Zack Sapunor!

“The interplay is as sleek as ever.” – The Times (London)

“The hot jazz is what Hot Club do best, and this is a staggering return to form for the band I once said I could listen to forever. That still stands.” – Country Music People
“This trio’s stylistic genesis–as well as title–stems from the realization that the great heritage of strings (guitars and violins) originates mutually with the Manouche gypsies of France and the no-less virtuosic hillbilly pickers and fiddlers of Oklahoma and Texas… showed from the beginning that jazz and country music could exist together on the same page, a highly commendable achievement if ever there was one.” – Wall Street Journal

“Hot Club of Cowtown swung light and tight, like tumbleweeds made of velvet.” – Rochester City Paper

“…inventive violin style can still conjure up the unique image of Bob Wills strolling through Tin Pan Alley.” – JazzTimes

“Hot Club of Cowtown swung light and tight, like tumbleweeds made of velvet.” – Rochester City Paper