The Hot Club of Duluth

Duluth, Greater Minnesota

Duluth hot jazz quartet playing 1920s-era music with a weekly Tuesday night at the Rathskeller.

The Hot Club of Duluth is a hot jazz group from Duluth playing 1920s-era music, from torch songs to Django Reinhardt-style hot jazz and Duke Ellington. The quartet is Eli Bissonett on violin, Veikko Lepisto on standup bass, and Jimi Cooper and Darin Bergsven on guitars. In 2026 the band played free weekly Tuesday shows at the Rathskeller in Duluth through August 25, with classic silent films screened during sets.