Vermont's longest-running Hot Club–style acoustic quartet, Swing Noire channels the Django Reinhardt lineage with serious musicianship and infectious groove. Their music channels the sound of 1930s Paris... that smoky, kinetic mix of jazz, blues, and Gypsy fire... with their own distinct edge. Built on a foundation of bluegrass friendship that evolved into an obsession with gypsy jazz, the band—violinist David Gusakov, twin brothers Rob and Jim McCuen, and rhythm guitarist Jared Volpe