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The Hot Sardines play 'Arizona Musicfest' and make Phoenix New Times '10 best concerts'
Posted At : February 10, 2020 12:00 AM
With an affinity for Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, and Fats Waller, New York's The Hot Sardines clearly know their way around hot jazz and Dixieland. Fronted by pianist-bandleader Evan "Bibs" Palazzo and Paris-born singer Miz Elizabeth, the ensemble serve up some energetic foot-stomping jazz while laying back on some gorgeous ballads found in their discography, including 2019's Welcome Home, Bon Voyage. The Hot Sardines latest visit to the Valley comes on Tuesday night February 11 when they perform at Highlands Church as part of the ongoing Arizona Musicfest.
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The Hot Sardines at MIM makes the Phoenix New Times 'best concerts this week'
Posted At : December 31, 2018 12:00 AM
While the swinging selections of ragtime and jazz that the Hot Sardines perform may tend to be more than 100 years old, their audience is definitely not. "We see people from 18 to 80 in our shows … this music really does cross demographic lines," says singer Elizabeth Bougerol. "That's one of the reasons, I think, these songs have endured so long."
Bougerol first met pianist Evan "Bibs" Palazzo in 2007. There was an immediate musical connection and over the next few years, the Hot Sardines came together with a strong focus on early jazz. Their chosen genre isn't the most popular in America, but it's the one the Sardines most enjoy. "In the U.S., it's a little bit on the fringe. It's not popular music in this day and age; it's not in the pop spectrum. Our approach to this music, first and foremost, is that when this music was first being played, it was pop music. It was what everyone was listening to," she says. "It's easy to re-historicize things, but really, this is just pop music. At its origins, jazz is pop music. A hundred years from now, someone might think of Deborah Harry and Justin Bieber as being from the same era," she tells us, "but actually there was lots and lots of time between them. A lot of differences, too."
The Hot Sardines make the Phoenix New Times 'best concerts this week' with a New Year's Day show at MIM.
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By popular demand, The Hot Sardines, back at the Colonial Theater / Idaho Falls Magazine
Posted At : April 3, 2018 12:00 AM
The Idaho Falls Arts Council is pleased to present The Hot Sardines on May 1 at the Colonial Theater. Back by popular demand, The Hot Sardines are making old jazz new again and having a party along the way. The New York based group will have die-hard jazz fans and casual listeners alike dancing in the aisles with their brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies, vocals that will transport you to a different era, and rounded out by percussion through tap dance. "The Hot Sardines are more than just a jazz band, even people who hate jazz fell in love with them last time they were here," said Brandi Newton, Executive Director of the Idaho Falls Arts Council, "I've received more requests for them to come back than for any other show."
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The Hot Sardines set for Sarasota's Van Wezel PAC / BroadwayWorld
Posted At : January 30, 2018 12:00 AM
Music first made famous decades ago comes alive with The Hot Sardines at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 7:00PM. In the hot jazz movement, The Hot Sardines stand apart for the innovation, verve and sheer joy they bring to music, both new and old. The band transports listeners to a different era through their brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies, and vocals from a chanteuse with the mere lilt of her voice. Quality is timeless. Don't miss this exciting Sarasota premiere!
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The Hot Sardines, set to headline Northwest Jazz Festival / WGRZ - NBC Channel 2
Posted At : August 19, 2017 12:00 AM
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What do you get when you mix fabulous music, wonderful food and wine from the Niagara Wine Trail and a fantastic setting in one of our areas most historic villages? It's the 16th Annual Northwest Jazz Festival in Lewiston NY, taking place this coming Friday and Saturday, August 25th and 26th. Featuring over 30 bands The Hot Sardines are headlining the main stage on Saturday.
In the talented hands of the New York based ensemble, music first made famous decades ago comes alive through their brassy horn arrangements, rollicking paino melodies and vocals from a chanteuse who transports listeners to a different era with the mere lilt of her voice. On French Fries & Champagne, The Hot Sardines' latest album for Verve, the jazz collective broadens its already impressive palette, combining covers and originals as they effortlessly channel New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets and New Orleans jazz halls.
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Hot Sardines return to the Wharton Center / Lansing State Journal
Posted At : March 29, 2017 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines were last in East Lansing two years ago at the 500-plus-seat Wharton Center Pasant Theater. The show was a sell-out, and the auditorium was filled with enthusiastic fans. This time the popular retro-jazz group will appear on March 30th in the 2500-seat Great Hall, and Wharton is expecting another sell-out. When I asked the group's co-founder, Evan Palazzo, to describe the music, he said, "I would call it early jazz, like New Orleans swing. I love Louis Armstrong, and it follows his style, too. "The band loves this music, and we want it be joyful for the audience – unadulterated joy," he said.
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The Hot Sardines set for City Opera House / Traverse City Record Eagle
Posted At : March 26, 2017 12:00 AM
Back by popular demand with a new album, The Hot Sardines return to Traverse City MI - City Opera House next week, March 29. Wrapped up in the excellent vocals (English/French) and musicianship (sax, clarinet, piano, drums, trombone, bass, washboard - yes! washboard!) one cannot escape the high energy and flirtatious feel steeped into the show - complete with tap dancer. You leave wanting more - hence the return engagement!
A voracious THS fan, I asked Ms. Liz (vocals/washboard) some questions. READ Traverse City Record Eagle
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Hot Sardines & RPO set for Eastman Theatre shows / Rochester City Newspaper
Posted At : March 22, 2017 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines will play with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will perform on Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25, at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.
He was a travel writer educated at the London School of Economics and he was a New York actor. But when Elizabeth Bougerol met Evan Palazzo at a jam session in 2007, they bonded over their love of Fats Waller. Turns out Bougerol could sing like a sultry 1940's diva and Palazzo could lead a band that swings like there's no tomorrow. Together they formed The Hot Sardines, with a combination of great vocals, honky-tonk piano, tight brass arrangements and tap dance percussion. Over the last several years the group has wowed audiences at the Newport Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and concert halls here and abroad.
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Jason Moran and The Hot Sardines tribute Fats Waller / San Francisco Chronicle
Posted At : March 10, 2017 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines, will join Jason Moran tomorrow, Saturday March 11 at Oakland's wondrous Art Deco masterpiece, the Paramount Theatre for their - Fats Waller celebration. The Paramount was built as a movie palace, not a dance hall, and Moran will be well complimented from the vintage syncopated snap of the Hot Sardines. They will draw from the well of Waller, Louis Armstrong, as well as other joyous early 20th-century artists. "Often times we nudge things in the direction of civil disobedience, encouraging people to dance in the aisles," says Elizabeth Bougerol, the self-taught singer and washboard player who founded the Hot Sardines with pianist Evan Palazzo.
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Hot Sardines play UP, and party really gets started / Bradford Era
Posted At : January 16, 2017 12:00 AM
It was a darkened, smoky room, filled with laughter and high spirits as the infectious, upbeat jazz of The Hot Sardines filled the air - well, not really. But that's what it felt like at the Bromeley Family Theater at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on Saturday night during the last concert of the season for Pitt-Bradford's Prism series. Musicians Mike Sailors on trombone and cornet; Jason Prover on trumpet; Nick Myers on saxophone and clarinet; Alex Raderman on drums; Evan "Sugar" Crane on sousaphone and upright bass; and tap dancer "Fast Eddie" Francisco joined bandleader and pianist Evan "Bibs" Palazzo on stage as the show began, transporting the audience to an old-time jazz club. And the party really got started when lead singer "Miz Elizabeth" Bougerol took the stage.
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Hot Sardines 'holiday stomp' Bard College / The Daily Freeman
Posted At : December 23, 2016 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines bring big-brass excitement to Bard College's Fisher Center on Annandale-on-Hudson >> with their Holiday Stomp concert today, Friday Dec. 23. The Sardines, who played Bard's Spiegeltent in the summers of 2013 and 2014, blend holiday classics with New York, New Orleans and Paris jazz. Their set list includes Christmas classics like "White Christmas" and "Please Come Home for Christmas" along with lesser known tunes like Edith Piaf's "Le Noël de La Rue," Ella Fitzgerald's "Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney" and "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy," according to press materials.
Formed by bandleader Evan "Bibs" Palazzo and lead singer "Miz Elizabeth" Bougerol, the group's sophomore album, French Fries & Champagne (Universal Music) comes on the heels of their critically lauded self-titled debut album, which was named one of iTunes' best jazz albums of 2014 and spent more than a year on the Billboard Jazz Chart, debuting in the top 10 alongside Michael Bublé and Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga.
The Bard College - Holiday Stomp takes place today - Friday, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. at the Sosnoff Theater at The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. Photo by Joseph Cultice
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Cincinnati Pops set for a 'Speakeasy New Year's Eve' with The Hot Sardines / Broadway World
Posted At : December 18, 2016 12:00 AM
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Conductor John Morris Russell, will ring in the New Year with the jazz band The Hot Sardines on Saturday, December 31 (8 p.m.) at the Taft Theatre in Downtown Cincinnati. The speakeasy-themed concert will feature jazz and swing selections, perfect for the Taft's Art Deco era architecture.
Based in New York City, The Hot Sardines has established itself as one of the hottest jazz bands touring today. With brassy horns, striking vocal arrangements and rollicking melodies reminiscent of bygone 1920s jazz. With dazzling orchestral arrangements performed by the Pops, this New Year's Eve performance features familiar tunes from Duke Ellington and George Gershwin, plus new hits from The Hot Sardines.
"Sometimes life requires a party. But one that conveys a rich emotional experience which people today sometimes need permission to feel, otherwise known as fun. We love high energy music from the first half of the 20th century. Our mission is to show its relevance and power as we usher in 2017," said bandleader Evan Palazzo in this Q&A for the Pops.
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The Hot Sardines present 'Holiday Stomp!' / Maryville Daily Times
Posted At : December 1, 2016 12:00 AM
It was musical chemistry at first sight when Elizabeth Bougerol first approached Evan Palazzo at a jazz jam above a Manhattan noodle shop back in 2007. Or rather, first listen, Palazzo told The Daily Times this week. "She asked me if I knew this song called ‘Your Feet's Too Big' by Fats Waller, which is very obscure, and not very many people play it - but it happens to be one of my favorites that he did, and I taught myself to play it by ear when I was a kid," Palazzo said. "We immediately had a connection about the kinds of music we were passionate about. It was apparent immediately that we had a lot in common: We grew up listening to music in our homes respectively; I lived in France for several years; she was born in France. The Hot Sardines present "Holiday Stomp!" Friday, Dec. 2 at the Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, on the Maryville College campus.
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The Hot Sardines are destined for greatness / Blasting News
Posted At : November 29, 2016 12:00 AM
If brutal but subtle is not on the palette for the day, then there is no better way to change gears than to take notice of "The Hot Sardines" because they may be the most talented jazz band to come from #America since The Squirrel Nut Zippers. Pianist Evan Palazzo has a playing approach that easily puts him on par with the greats of jazz from any genre (including the old masters) while singer and band co-founder Elizabeth Bougerol has a voice that could melt glass block. The clarinet screams are reminiscent of the great Henry Cuesta, as heard on "Bei Mir Bist du Schoen" and the just released, "Be Like You". The music of the Hot Sardines is infectious in every way, with melodies that will not leave the mind, and solo work that will lead to repeated rewinds and re-listens. The musicality and flare shown by this act is beyond the ability to describe....a must hear.
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The Hot Sardines set for Mason City & Des Moines / Radio Iowa interview
Posted At : October 25, 2016 12:00 AM
A New York-based band playing jazz from the 1920s, '30s and '40s is making two Iowa stops this weekend on its latest national tour. Backed by a piano, a stand-up bass, a full horn section and a percussion section that includes a tap dancer, Elizabeth Bougerol is the lead singer for The Hot Sardines. "It's wonderful to listen to an old Billie Holiday record but there's something to hearing this music live," she says, "watching a group of musicians largely improvising on stage and making up this music as they go along." Bougerol was born and raised in France, while her Canadian grandfather was a band leader during the "hot jazz" age almost a century ago. The Hot Sardines play at North Iowa Community College in Mason City on Friday and two shows at the Temple Theater in Des Moines on Saturday.
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The Hot Sardines swing into The Egg / Albany Times Union review
Posted At : October 1, 2016 12:00 AM
New York City's Hot Sardines swung into The Egg's Swyer Theatre on Friday evening, the same night the like-minded Postmodern Jukebox was playing down the street at the Palace Theatre. The difference between the two bands is that while Postmodern Jukebox re-interprets today's contemporary pop hits in vintage style and arrangements, the Hot Sardines go all in, reviving the songs as well as the sounds of the bygone era.
Led by pianist Evan Palazzo and chanteuse Elizabeth Bougerol, the eight-member band - featuring a three-piece horn section and, yes, even a tap dancer - swing-swang-swung through an 85-minute concert filled with gems from yesteryear, dustin' 'em off, puttin' a bit of spit 'n' polish on 'em and knockin' it out of the park. From the down 'n' dirty opener, "When I Get Low (I Get High)," to the ukulele-fueled encore of "I Wanna Be Like You" from "The Jungle Book" (swung in French, by the way), the band was utterly charming, albeit admittedly a bit "punchy and jet-lagged," playing their first show back home since a 10-concert tour of Japan.
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The Hot Sardines - French Fries & Champagne / Jazz Weekly review
Posted At : September 22, 2016 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines make you want to party like it's 1929 on this collection of originals and Prohibition Era covers. Sweet as cider vocals by "Miz Elizabeth" Bougerol are two stepped swung by Evan Palazzo/key, Sam Raderman/g, Evan Crane/b, Alex Raderman/dr and a horn section of Mike Sailors and Nick Myers. Bougeral is sassy as the trumpet growls on "Runnin' Wild" and slinks through some pizzicato strings as the band tangos through a delightful "People Will Say We're In Love." A cozy duet with with Bob Parins on "Sweet Pea" is a delight, while the drums pound out a hootchie cootchie on "Gramercy Sunset." You feel like you're at some illegal speakeasy as Palazzo's piano caresses Bougeral's cabaret tone on "Until The Real Thing Comes Along." The 1920s are the new 2010s.
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The Hot Sardines celebrate 'National French Fry Day' w/pop-up perf at DUMBO - Shake Shack
Posted At : July 13, 2016 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines celebrate National French Fry Day w/pop-up perf at NYC's DUMBO - Shake Shack Today Wednesday, July 13 from 6-6:30PM! The band's new album, French Fries & Champagne is in style with sweet tunes and complimentary fries for our guests. This event is totally free and open to the public, so bring your jazziest friends and family!
Each year on July 13, many people will participate in National French Fry Day by enjoying one of the many varieties of the classic food. French fries, also known as chips, fries, finger chips or French-fried potatoes, are batons of deep-fried potatoes and are common fixtures at fast food restaurants that are loved by adults and kids alike! A wide selection of condiments such as ketchup, ranch dressing, vinegar, mayonnaise, honey mustard, cheese and many more compliment French fries. Sweet potatoes make an alternate, healthier offering of fries found on menus around the country. Other varieties are baked and come in unusual shapes such as curls, waffles, crinkle or tornado cut. The expression "French Fried Potatoes" first occurs in print in English in the 1856 work Cookery for Maids of All Work by E. Warren.
Although McDonald's is the undisputed king of the french fry - selling more than one out of every three french fries gobbled up in restaurants every year - they're not the only game in town. Here's how to get free french fries, french fry coupons and more from restaurants and bars all across the U.S. TODAY!!!
Arooga's Grille House and Sports Bar: All fry baskets and skillets are buy one, get one free on July 13.
BurgerFi: Get free fries when you order The CEO Burger on July 13.
Burger King: Get two Whopper meals for $10 until July 15 - that's two Whoppers, two small drinks and two small fries.
Carl's Jr.: Print this coupon and get a small Gold Peak Tea for just $1 until Aug. 31.
Carvel: Buy one classic soft serve sundae, get one free on July 13.The Fermentorium: This Oconomowoc, Wis. craft beer and burger restaurant is giving you a free order of fries with every beer purchase on July 13.
Frite Street: Chicago's original fry dive is offering "Free Frites" on July 13.
Ground Round: Receive a complimentary basket of french fries per table on #NationalFrenchFryDay.
IHOP: Buy a burger at the International House of Pancakes and you'll get free, unlimited seasoned fries until July 31.
Jerzee's All American Bar & Grille: This Canton, Ohio lounge is giving out free fries at the bar during happy hour.
McDonald's: Get a free medium order of fries with the purchase of any large sandwich with the McDonald's app until July 24.
New York Fries: All Fry Society loyalty program members get a small order of fries for free added into their accounts on July 13.
But make sure to use it by July 22.
Remuda Golf Course: Take 50 percent off all fries during lunch on July 13.
Slice of Vegas: Free shoestring fries, either sweet potato or regular, with your choice of seasonings on July 13.
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The Hot Sardines - FF&C / Straits Times: Hot Tracks review
Posted At : July 12, 2016 12:00 AM
New York ensemble The Hot Sardines play hot swing with a twist of self-aware glee. If Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox is too modern and millennial mash-up for you, The Hot Sardines' more purist style will be up your alley.
Band leader Evan "Bibs" Palazzo's approach is strictly swingstyle, but jazzed up with smart arrangements. A perfect demonstration of this is the clever tweak of Oklahoma's People Will Say We're In Love, which gets a Latininflected arrangement with clicking castanets and parping brass, while tongue-in-cheek violins swoon in the background. The number is held together by lead singer Miz Elizabeth's pitch- perfect delivery, which strikes a balance between girly coo and sensuous croon.
Also check out Palazzo's piano skills on Medley: Comes Love (L'amour S'en Fout). He opens with classical Baroque piano doodling before segueing into old-school stride piano and easy bebop. Another standout is When I Get Low I Get High, which benefits from the guest appearance of Alan Cumming, whose raspy whisper lends campy fun to the proceedings. There is also a swingy take on Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love and the lovely Henry Manciniworthy Palazzo instrumental original, Gramercy Park.
The ensemble, which includes trumpeter Jason Prover, drummer Alex Raderman, saxophonist Nick Myers and trombonist Mike Sailors, provides stellar back-up. An exuberant sophomore album that bounces easily from N'awlins hot swing to Parisian bistro to American speakeasy genres without giving you whiplash. READ THE FULL Straits Times REVIEW
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The Hot Sardines make #1 spot on BIllboard - Traditional Jazz Albums Chart
Posted At : July 11, 2016 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines are Evan "Bibs" Palazzo and lead singer "Miz Elizabeth" Bougerol joined by a polished musical collective. The band's sophomore studio album, French Fries & Champagne, was released June 17 on Decca hitting #1 on both iTunes and Amazon Jazz Charts. Defying typical sales trends, the record increased sales in its second week, and climbed up the charts to #1 on the BIllboard Traditional Jazz Albums (from #5), #2 on the Billboard Current Jazz (from #6) and #10 on the Billboard Heatseekers (from #20).
Following a one-of-a-kind live performance at the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2017 Fashion Show in Milan as well as a hometown throwdown at NYC's Central Park Summerstage, NPR Weekend Edition and WFUV appearances, the band continues to bring the captivating party to audiences across the natioN AND kicks off their national tour with performances at the Newport Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival. SEE THE billboard CHART
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The Hot Sardines play NYC's SummerStage / Bandsintown
Posted At : July 6, 2016 12:00 AM
One of the best parts about living in NYC is the incredible programming the City Parks Foundation puts together in the form of SummerStage. What could possibly be better than great music in Central Park in the Big Apple? Not much, we're pretty sure. On June 25, we caught The Hot Sardines for a day of wild jazz that left us tapping our feet and jaunting in the clammy New York summer air.
Formed by bandleader Evan "Bibs" Palazzo and lead singer "Miz Elizabeth" Bougerol, The Hot Sardines have released their sophomore studio album, French Fries & Champagne on Universal Music Classics. The record comes on the heels of their critically lauded self-titled debut album, which was named one of iTunes' best jazz albums of 2014 and spent more than a year on the Billboard Jazz Chart, debuting in the top 10 alongside Michael Bublé and Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga.
Check out Hot Sardines Bandsintown photos from the show in Central Park along with pics from Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9 and track The Hot Sardines on Bandsintown to see when they're coming to a city near you! SEE THE FULL PAGE
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Hot Sardines play Toronto Jazz Festival / examiner.com Q&A
Posted At : June 29, 2016 12:00 AM
The TD Toronto Jazz Festival began the celebration of its 30th anniversary on June 24. This year audiences will have a chance to hear more than 400 performances and over 2,000 musicians (expect emerging stars) at close to 50 venues. In addition to ticketed shows, the festival also has many free admission events both indoor and outdoor. The TD Jazz Festival runs from June 24-July 3. In the very first year, the jazz festival had only three "official" venues. It is now one of the finest jazz festivals in North America. The festival draws over 500,000 attendees each year, adding to richness of Toronto's arts scene.
The Hot Sardines play covers from the 20s, 30s, and 40s, along with originals, and even modern tunes like Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love". Forbes Magazine has called them, "one of the best jazz bands in NYC today." Bandleader-pianist Evan Palazzo and singer Elizabeth have been playing together since they answered a Craigslist ad for a jam session in 2007. From small shows to their current tour, they've gone on to play over 100 shows a year. Band members include Eddy Francisco, Jason Prover (trumpet), Alex Raderman (drums), Evan Crane (bass), Nick Myers (reeds), and Mike Sailors (cornet/trombone). Their new Universal Music Classics album - French Fries & Champagne comes on the heels of their critically lauded self-titled debut album, which was named one of iTunes' best jazz albums of 2014 and spent more than a year on the Billboard Jazz Chart, debuting in the top 10 alongside Michael Bublé and Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga.
READ Palazzo's Q&A with examiner.com
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The Hot Sardines - French Fries & Champagne / NPR: Weekend Edition Saturday
Posted At : June 26, 2016 12:00 AM
Formed by bandleader Evan "Bibs" Palazzo and lead singer "Miz Elizabeth" Bougerol, The Hot Sardines sophomore studio album, French Fries & Champagne on Universal Music Classics comes on the heels of their critically lauded self-titled debut album, which was named one of iTunes' best jazz albums of 2014 and spent more than a year on the Billboard Jazz Chart, debuting in the top 10 alongside Michael Bublé and Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga. Broadening its already impressive palette, the jazz collective combine covers and originals as they effortlessly channel New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets and New Orleans jazz halls. Alan Cumming pairs with Elizabeth for a mischievous take on "When I Get Low, I Get High," a song popularized by Ella Fitzgerald. The album title track is one of several originals on the album, including Evan's instrumental homage to his old neighborhood, "Gramercy Sunset," and "Here You Are Again," a woozy, country-leaning track written by Elizabeth. Jazz standard "Comes Love" starts as a minuet before vocalist Elizabeth, singing in her native French, conjures up spirits from the roaring ‘20s. The Hot Sardines even upend Robert Palmer's 1985 classic "Addicted To Love" with Elizabeth's cool vocals and hot horn arrangements.
Singer Elizabeth Bougerol and band leader Evan Palazzo tell NPR's Scott Simon Craigslist helped them turn their hobby into a music career. READ & LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT
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The Hot Sardines - French Fries & Champagne / Paste review
Posted At : June 22, 2016 12:00 AM
Jazz-Dixieland stalwarts The Hot Sardines are one of a select handful of newer bands playing old school, 1930s-style swing music. The band is celebrating their 9th year on the jazz circuit with the release of their sophomoric studio album French Fries & Champagne. The follow up to their largely successful self-titled debut recording, French Fries & Champagne showcases some of the best that the current Dixieland movement has to offer.
Unlike some of the other successful swing revivalists such as Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Cherry Poppin' Daddies, The Hot Sardines seem to keep away from modern sounds entirely. The band is both hindered and strengthened by staying completely away from contemporary influences. Because they arrived on the scene a bit later than the two aforementioned acts, The Hot Sardines missed the boat on the peak of swing revival music, which hit around 1998. (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy ended up playing the halftime show at the 1999 Super Bowl.)
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Hot Sardines play Dolce & Gabbana's Spring 2017 Men's Show / Vogue
Posted At : June 21, 2016 12:00 AM
On Saturday June 18, one day after their new album French Fries & Champagne was released, The Hot Sardines played Dolce & Gabbana's Spring 2017 menswear collection show in Milan Italy. The band performed live on the runway and like any Dolce & Gabbana production, this one was filled with buzzy moments. From the front row stars to the models to the clothes themselves, there's a lot to talk about. Find the CliffsNotes version of events here and check back later for Luke Leitch's review.
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Hot Sardines 'When I Get Low I Get High' video stars Alan Cumming / New York Times Style Magazine
Posted At : June 16, 2016 12:00 AM
"I think the descriptor we used for the video was ‘Weimar acid trip,'" says Elizabeth Bougerol, the lead singer of the jazz collective the Hot Sardines, of the visual accompaniment to "When I Get Low I Get High," an Ella Fitzgerald cover that's the centerpiece of the band's new album, "French Fries and Champagne." "As we were brainstorming what exactly we meant by that, our director Alex Peacock brought us these Rorschach blotch smoke puffs and created ‘Fantasia'-style animations of the band, and we were off and running."
Both the song and video also prominently feature someone who knows a thing or two about Weimar fantasy: the actor Alan Cumming, who won a Tony for his portrayal of the M.C. in "Cabaret" back in 1998. Bougerol and the group's co-founder and bandleader, Evan Palazzo, got in touch with Cumming through their producer, Eli Wolf, who reached out about a collaboration only to find that Cumming was already a fan of the band's work. "He said yes immediately," Bougerol says. "He knew the song and dug into it with the same verve he brings to everything."
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The Hot Sardines play NYC's Joe's Pub with Surprise Guest Alan Cumming / Bandsintown
Posted At : June 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Joe's Pub is becoming a cornerstone club in New York City. Opened in 1998, the spot is an intimate music venue with the perfect mood lighting for a romantic date. In my case, it provided a great low-key vibe for a Tuesday night performance by The Hot Sardines. If your first thought now is "Who?", let me introduce you to the band: singer Elizabeth Bougerol and pianist Evan Palazzo lead the jazz collective with trumpet player Jason Prover, drummer Alex Raderman, saxophonist and clarinet player Nick Myers, and Mike Sailors on trombone and cornet rounding out the group. While they make up the core of the band, a live show from these jazz lovers now comes equipped with a string section, which might be news for those who already know and love them.
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The Hot Sardines play Ronnie Scott's / theguardian review
Posted At : June 10, 2016 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines, those coolly stylish New York frontrunners of the current fedoras-and-flappers early-jazz boom, are touring their second album, French Fries & Champagne. The title nails this likable outfit's agenda – 21st-century disposability and golden-age opulence merged. Compared to their unselfconsciously vivacious Barbican show last year, they sounded a little overawed in the hallowed jazz environs of Ronnie Scott's, but their Broadway classics, early blues and good-time swing still make a surefire mix, spiced now with wider-remit variations such as British soul star Robert Palmer's 1985 hit Addicted to Love.
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The Hot Sardines sizzle at Salisbury Playhouse / Salisbury Journal
Posted At : June 8, 2016 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines performed to a sell-out crowd at Salisbury Playhouse last night (Monday) - delivering a lively and vibrant evening of jazz. You couldn't help but tap your feet to the amazing music with the fabulous vocals of frontwoman 'Miz Elizabeth' Bougerol. This was the first time the band, who hail from the US, have performed in the city and I hope they will return again soon. As a complete newcomer to jazz, The Hot Sardines were a perfect introduction to dip my toe into the world of jazz.
You couldn't help but admire the expertise of Jason Prover (trumpet), Michael Sailors (cornet and trombone) and Nick Myers (reeds) as they held those phenomenal notes. Not to be forgotten is the fabulous skills of Evan 'Bibs' Palazzo on the piano, Evan 'Sugar' Crane on bass and a sousaphone (that was picked up from a car park), and Alex Raderman on drums.
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Hot Sardines are WHLI - Artist of the Week
Posted At : December 16, 2014 12:00 AM
It's a great American success story. A born-and-bred NYC actor meets a Parisian-born writer at an open jazz jam over a noodle shop in Manhattan, and from there the Hot Sardines were born. Bandleader Evan "Bibs" Palazzo and lead singer Miz Elizabeth combine with the Sardine ensemble of powerhouse musicians – and their very own tap dancer – to play "hot jazz" as it was in the era when live music was king…with a little glamour, a little grit, and a lot of passion. Even while giving voice to the history-defining jazz of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, the Hot Sardines' vibrant performances bridge generations and captivate 21st century audiences. Forbes Magazine calls them "one of the best jazz bands in NYC today."
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"…one of the best jazz bands in NY today." – Forbes
"Consistently electrifying live" – Popmatters
"Not so much reviving standards as taking defib paddles to them and jolting them back to life." – The Patriot-Ledger
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The Hot Sardines - London Evening Standard review
Posted At : November 3, 2014 12:00 AM
The Hot Sardines have been tearing up New York with their salty mix of zinging strings, blustery horns and Fats Waller-style stride piano. This debut album shows why. Whether covering such early jazz classics as Your Feet's Too Big and Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, a song made popular by The Andrews Sisters, or delivering authentic sounding originals including the enchanting Wake Up in Paris, the octet channel the spirit of the Twenties to the Forties with love and healthy irreverence. Frontwoman Miz Elizabeth is sassy and compelling in both French and English and the rhythms are playful and boisterous, variously recalling Satchmo, Dixieland and brown liquor during Prohibition. The Hot Sardines play the EFG London Jazz Festival at Southbank Centre's Purcell Room on November 15. Expect tap dancing. - Jane Cornwell
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The Hot Sardines - Audiophile Audition review
Posted At : October 30, 2014 12:00 AM
Music from another era but not stuck in traditional jazz jelly. This is the second big disc from The Hot Sardines, a musical magic octet (usually) who use a leader and stride piano player in the Fats Waller style, plus a hot brass section and swinging rhythm section. The several vocals come from their one female member, who sings in both French and English. Her rendition of Fats Waller's "Your Feets Too Big" is a knockout – almost as good as Fats' original. Evan Palazzo and Miz Boucerol are evidently a pair and the founders of the hot group, which mixes sounds from New York, Paris, and New Orleans during the Prohibition era and going thru WWII and slightly beyond. Great fun!