This evening is part of our summer Hot Club season. Hot Club refers to Gypsy Jazz, a blend of Roma music with early Jazz which combines energetic percussion with acoustic, fast-fingered guitars.
Originally starting his journey from Devon to London in 2012 as a guitar builder, Harry Diplock soon became part of the UK jazz scene where his love of improvisation took over.
Now at the forefront of Django Reinhardt inspired jazz in the UK and co-founder of the London Django Collective, Harry has played all over Europe at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Royal Albert Hall, Pizza Express Soho Jazz Club, Duc Des Lombards (Paris) , Torino Jazz Club (Turin) and 606 Jazz Club. His music has also been regularly played on TSF Jazz Radio, BBC 3 and Jamie Cullum’s Radio show.
Harry is also an educator in the style and regularly hosts various workshops and courses at jazz festivals and has shared the stage with some of the best in the scene including Antoine Boyer, Nigel Price, Giacomo Smith, Joe Webb, Paulus Schafer, Olli Soikelli, Fanou Torracinta and Mathieu Chatelain.