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{{Short description|American world music/jazz group}}
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'''Hotel X''' is a [[world music]]/[[jazz]] group founded in 1992 in [[Richmond, Virginia]] by Tim Harding and Ron T. Curry as a setting to explore electric bass duets. Hotel X was quickly joined by a host of Richmond, Virginia [[underground music]] scene veterans and released six albums on the Los Angeles based [[SST Records]]. SST Records was founded by members of the seminal [[punk rock]] group [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] and included in their catalog some of the great American underground groups such as [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]], [[Meat Puppets]], [[Hüsker Dü]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Sound Garden]], [[Universal Congress Of]] and [[Saccharine Trust]].
{{For|the hotel in Toronto|Hotel X Toronto}}
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'''Hotel X''' is a [[world music]]/[[jazz]] group founded in 1992 in [[Richmond, Virginia]], by Tim Harding and Ron T. Curry as a setting to explore electric bass duets. Hotel X was quickly joined by a host of Richmond [[underground music]] scene veterans and released six albums on the Los Angeles–based [[SST Records]]. SST Records was founded by members of the seminal [[punk rock]] group [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] and included in their catalog some of the great American underground groups such as [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]], [[Meat Puppets]], [[Hüsker Dü]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Sound Garden]], [[Universal Congress Of]] and [[Saccharine Trust]].


Hotel X toured regionally and nationally between 1992 and 1997, received reviews in ''[[Jazz Times]]'', ''[[Washington Post]]'', ''[[Option (music magazine)|Option]]'', ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' and ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' among others; was nominated for Best Jazz Group by the [[National Association of Independent Record Distributors]] (NAIRD) 1996, and participated in the [[JVC Jazz Festival]] in New York City in 1997. [[National Public Radio]] selected soundbites of several songs from the Hotel X album "Engendered Species" for use between news stories in 1994. ''[[Richmond Magazine]]'' awarded Hotel X with the Pollack Prize for Excellence in Arts in September 2005.
Hotel X toured regionally and nationally between 1992 and 1997, received reviews in ''[[Jazz Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[Option (music magazine)|Option]]'', ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' and ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' among others; was nominated for Best Jazz Group by the [[National Association of Independent Record Distributors]] (NAIRD) in 1996; and participated in the [[JVC Jazz Festival]] in New York City in 1997. [[National Public Radio]] selected soundbites of several songs from the Hotel X album ''Engendered Species'' for use between news stories in 1994. ''[[Richmond Magazine]]'' awarded Hotel X with the Pollack Prize for Excellence in Arts in September 2005.


==Music History==
==Music history==


In the biography "Fela - the Life and Times of an African Musical Icon" by Yale professor Michael E. Veal, Hotel X is briefly mentioned (alongside the [[Art Ensemble of Chicago]], [[Brandford Marsalis]] and [[Steve Turre]]) on page 259 where the author talks about the broad influence of [[Fela Kuti]]'s [[Afrobeat]] style.
In the biography ''Fela - the Life and Times of an African Musical Icon'' by Yale professor Michael E. Veal, Hotel X is briefly mentioned (alongside the [[Art Ensemble of Chicago]], [[Branford Marsalis]] and [[Steve Turre]]) on page 259 where the author talks about the broad influence of [[Fela Kuti]]'s [[Afrobeat]] style.


From 1998 to the present Hotel X has been mining the musical wealth of Africa and Latin America by using rhythms and melodies inspired by traditional music and contemporary composers from those regions. The 2003 self-produced/released seventh album by Hotel X titled ''Hymns for Children'' marks the departure from the group's earlier more electric, harmolodic adventures into the organic, world music inspired band of today.
From 1998 to the present Hotel X has been mining the musical wealth of [[Africa]] and [[Latin America]] by using rhythms and melodies inspired by traditional music and contemporary composers from those regions. The 2003 self-produced/released seventh album by Hotel X titled ''Hymns for Children'' marks the departure from the group's earlier more electric, [[harmolodic]] adventures into the organic, world music-inspired band of today.


In 1994 Hotel X contributed an original composition, "One Way Street" (released on the CD ''Ladders'' in 1995), to the trailer of the film ''Hands of Fate'' by Chris Quinn which was shown at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. Chris Quinn's documentary film ''God Grew Tired of Us'' is the winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the [[2006 Sundance Film Festival]].
In 1994 Hotel X contributed an original composition, "One Way Street" (released on the CD ''Ladders'' in 1995), to the trailer of the film ''Hands of Fate'' by Chris Quinn which was shown at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. Quinn's documentary film ''[[God Grew Tired of Us]]'' is the winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the [[2006 Sundance Film Festival]].


Hotel X has shared the stage with [[Bern Nix]] ([[Ornette Coleman]] and [[Primetime]]), [[Greg Ginn]] ([[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]), [[Balla Kouyate]] ([[Super Rail Band]]), [[Papa Susso]] ([[Gambian kora master]]), [[The Roots]], [[Yellowman]], [[Medeski]], [[Martin and Wood]], [[Ran Blake]], [[Hasidic New Wave]], [[Marc Ribot]], [[Plunky Branch]], [[Wayne Horvitz]], [[Pigpen]], [[Amy Denio]], [[John Bradshaw]] and [[Bazooka]] among others.
Hotel X has shared the stage with [[Bern Nix]] ([[Ornette Coleman]] and [[Primetime]]), [[Greg Ginn]] ([[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]), [[Balla Kouyate]] ([[Super Rail Band]]), [[Papa Susso]] ([[Gambia]]n [[kora (instrument)|kora]] master), [[The Roots]], [[Yellowman]], [[Medeski Martin & Wood]], [[Ran Blake]], [[Hasidic New Wave]], [[Marc Ribot]], [[Plunky Branch]], [[Wayne Horvitz]], [[Wayne Horvitz|Pigpen]], [[Amy Denio]], [[John Bradshaw (musician)|John Bradshaw]] and [[Bazooka (band)|Bazooka]], among others.


==Band members==
==Band members==
===Current===
===Current===
* Tim Harding - guitar, alto sax (Tad Thaddock, [[Always August]], Office Ladies, Four Story Sax Qt., New Loft Qt., Joyful Noise Big Band, Thomas Mapfumo)
* Tim Harding – alto sax ( Always August, Yeni Nostalji, Office Ladies, New Ting Ting Loft, Joyful Noise Big Band, Thomas Mapfumo)
* Chris Vasi – guitar (Monk's Playground, Afro-Zen All stars, Illbillys, Crumbs of Insanity)

* Charles Nill – guitar (Burst Into Flames, Richmond Afrobeat, Unity Sound)
* Ron T. Curry- guitar (Vaughn Brothers Band [with Matt Link ous], Shag Nasty, Damage Report, Near East, Snakehandlers, Milk, Gwar, Third Eye, Rooster Seed, Kill Joy, Yax, Rapid Boil, Blister, Ugly Head, Ron T. Curry Acoustic Band, Mandrake Ensemble, Mao Tse Helen, Chigger, The Haints, Oregon Hill Funk All Stars, Hi-Tone String Ticklers, John Bradshaw and Ron T. Curry, Low Cotton, Joyful Noise Big Band, Tubize Royal Hawaiian Orchestra Tribute Band)
* Carter Blough – bass (Lawrence Olds Band, etc)

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* O.J. Hunter – Keyboards (Awareness Art Ensemble, Hamiet Bluiett, Nina Simone, Unity Sound Reggae Band, One)
* Wayne O'Bryan - bass (Unity Sound Reggae Band, Jah Revalations, Michael James, One, Bangarang)
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* Hunter Duke – drums (Amphetamine Library, Apocowlypso, Retinal Circus, Flannel, Mystery Machine, The Knievels, Schwa, [[Tree Fort Angst]], The Nixon Years)

* James McDonald – percussion (Spirit Drummers)
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* O.J. Hunter - Keyboards (Awareness Art Ensemble, Nina Simone, Unity Sound Reggae Band, One)
* Adrien Bayo – percussion (Spirit Drummers)

* Michael Reitz – percussion (One, Richmond Afrobeat,Unity Sound Reggae Band, Spirit Drummers)
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* Hunter Duke - percussion (AmphetamineLibrary, Apocowlypso, Retinal, Flannel Circus, Mystery Machine, The Knievels,Schwa, [[Tree Fort Angst]], The Nixon Years)

* Chris Vasi - guitar (Sambaiosis , Vesuvius)

* Phil Pollard - percussion (Band of Humans, Slomski Brothers)


===Former===
===Former===
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* David Wayne O’Bryan Jr.
* Roberto Curtis
* Roberto Curtis
* Jeff X Morris
* Jeff X Morris
* Ron Curry
* Tony Costa
* Tony Costa
* Lance Koehler
* Lance Koehler
* Danny Finney
* Danny Finney
* [[Molly Berg]]
* [[Molly Berg]]
* Jennifer Thomas
* George Lowe
* George Lowe
* Jimmy Ghaphery
* Jimmy Ghaphery
* Jim Thomson
* Jim Thomson
* Woody Jackson
* [[Woody Jackson]]
* John Keifer
* John Keifer
* Chris Farmer
* Chris Farmer
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* Darryl Davenport
* Darryl Davenport
* Jon Mela
* Jon Mela
* Patrick W Best (PELT, Tanakh, The Din, Spiral Joy Band)
* Patrick W Best ([[Pelt_(band)|PELT]], [[Tanakh_(band)|Tanakh]], The Din, Spiral Joy Band)
* Eric Unger
* Eric Unger
* Javier Ramos
* Javier Ramos
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* Ron "Rollo" Fix
* Ron "Rollo" Fix
* Paul Watson
* Paul Watson
* David Brogan
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.hotelxband.com/index.html Official band homepage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110712222319/http://www.hotelxband.com/index.html Official band homepage]




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[[Category:American world music groups]]
[[Category:American world music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1992]]

Latest revision as of 20:18, 8 November 2024

For the hotel in Toronto, see Hotel X Toronto.

Hotel X is a world music/jazz group founded in 1992 in Richmond, Virginia, by Tim Harding and Ron T. Curry as a setting to explore electric bass duets. Hotel X was quickly joined by a host of Richmond underground music scene veterans and released six albums on the Los Angeles–based SST Records. SST Records was founded by members of the seminal punk rock group Black Flag and included in their catalog some of the great American underground groups such as Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Sound Garden, Universal Congress Of and Saccharine Trust.

Hotel X toured regionally and nationally between 1992 and 1997, received reviews in Jazz Times, The Washington Post, Option, The Wire and Alternative Press among others; was nominated for Best Jazz Group by the National Association of Independent Record Distributors (NAIRD) in 1996; and participated in the JVC Jazz Festival in New York City in 1997. National Public Radio selected soundbites of several songs from the Hotel X album Engendered Species for use between news stories in 1994. Richmond Magazine awarded Hotel X with the Pollack Prize for Excellence in Arts in September 2005.

Music history

[edit]

In the biography Fela - the Life and Times of an African Musical Icon by Yale professor Michael E. Veal, Hotel X is briefly mentioned (alongside the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Branford Marsalis and Steve Turre) on page 259 where the author talks about the broad influence of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat style.

From 1998 to the present Hotel X has been mining the musical wealth of Africa and Latin America by using rhythms and melodies inspired by traditional music and contemporary composers from those regions. The 2003 self-produced/released seventh album by Hotel X titled Hymns for Children marks the departure from the group's earlier more electric, harmolodic adventures into the organic, world music-inspired band of today.

In 1994 Hotel X contributed an original composition, "One Way Street" (released on the CD Ladders in 1995), to the trailer of the film Hands of Fate by Chris Quinn which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. Quinn's documentary film God Grew Tired of Us is the winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

Hotel X has shared the stage with Bern Nix (Ornette Coleman and Primetime), Greg Ginn (Black Flag), Balla Kouyate (Super Rail Band), Papa Susso (Gambian kora master), The Roots, Yellowman, Medeski Martin & Wood, Ran Blake, Hasidic New Wave, Marc Ribot, Plunky Branch, Wayne Horvitz, Pigpen, Amy Denio, John Bradshaw and Bazooka, among others.

Band members

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Current

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  • Tim Harding – alto sax ( Always August, Yeni Nostalji, Office Ladies, New Ting Ting Loft, Joyful Noise Big Band, Thomas Mapfumo)
  • Chris Vasi – guitar (Monk's Playground, Afro-Zen All stars, Illbillys, Crumbs of Insanity)
  • Charles Nill – guitar (Burst Into Flames, Richmond Afrobeat, Unity Sound)
  • Carter Blough – bass (Lawrence Olds Band, etc)
  • O.J. Hunter – Keyboards (Awareness Art Ensemble, Hamiet Bluiett, Nina Simone, Unity Sound Reggae Band, One)
  • Hunter Duke – drums (Amphetamine Library, Apocowlypso, Retinal Circus, Flannel, Mystery Machine, The Knievels, Schwa, Tree Fort Angst, The Nixon Years)
  • James McDonald – percussion (Spirit Drummers)
  • Adrien Bayo – percussion (Spirit Drummers)
  • Michael Reitz – percussion (One, Richmond Afrobeat,Unity Sound Reggae Band, Spirit Drummers)

Former

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References

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  • Veal, Michael E. (1997). Fela: The Life of an African Musical Icon, Temple University Press. USA.
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