The Hot Sardines

The Hot Sardines breathe new life into music first made famous decades ago with brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies and vocals from a chanteuse who will transport you to a different era. On French Fries & Champagne, The Hot Sardines’ new album, 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.

Bandleader Evan “Bibs” Palazzo and lead singer “Miz Elizabeth” Bougerol met in 2007 after they both answered an ad about a jam session above a Manhattan noodle shop. They bonded over their love for Fats Waller, Dinah Washington, and Louie Armstrong…the rest is history. They began playing open mic nights and small gigs and by 2011, they headlined Midsummer Night Swing at New York’s Lincoln Center.