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| Photo by: LeAnn Mueller |
These guys are an American Jazz band active since 2007. There are a ton of former and current members, but overall it is the brainchild of Elizabeth Bougerol and Evan Palazzo. They both have their own histories of success and failure in music, but harbored a love for this style, and answered an ad on Craiglist to play jazz music, and they instantly connected. They started jamming regularly, then ended up adding a tap dancer rounding out their style. They got the name before performing at an open mic night because they needed a name for the sheet. Hot needed to be in it, as a homage to the style they do like the Hot Five and Hot Seven. The rest came from Elizabeth who had seen spicy sardines at the grocery store and the rest is history. It was always meant to be a side thing as a hobby, but they kept getting gigs, and attracted more members. During the 2010's, the jazz scene in New York exploded, and they started getting even more recognition, playing is huge clubs and even headlining at the Lincoln Center for their Midsummer Night Swing event. As their popularity kept growing, getting bigger venues and audiences, they started to release albums. The first came out in 2011, and since then they've released eight in total, with the most recent out last year. So if you dig the style, go check them out.
Peace.
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