Annie & The Hot Club Trio
This trio from Annie Sellick's Hot Club Band is comprised of Annie Sellick, and two guitarists — Richard Smith, and Pat Bergeson.
Annie Sellick is a jazz artist from a country music town. She began singing jazz when she was in college, before she knew anything about the iconic jazz singers who came before. While at a bar in Tennessee, she sat in with guitarist Roland Gresham, Sr. and blew the audience away with her "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", landing a job with the band.
After that, she added to her knowledge by attending classes at the Nashville Jazz Workshop, and ultimately made a name for herself as an outstanding jazz singer in Nashville.
Since then, she has performed all over the world with some of the world's best jazz musicians, including Joey DeFrancesco, Mark O'Connor, Tommy Emmanuel, Eddie Metz, Jr. and Chuck Berghofer. She has fronted jazz trios and bands for over 25 years, and now sings most often with The Hot Club of Nashville, a band led by guitarist Richard Smith.
Two members of the Hot Club of Nashville, guitarist Richard Smith, and guitarist and harmonica player, Pat Bergeson, joined with Annie to form The Hot Club Trio. Both of these guitarists played with Chet Atkins at different times. Pat was a member of Chet's band for a number of years.
The Hot Club Trio perform original songs, pop crossovers, and old standards.
