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THE HOT SARDINES 

ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM C'EST LA VIE, OUT AUGUST 4 

US TOUR DATES & CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT APRIL 19, 2023 

VIDEO: “MOON RIVER” 

Credit: Shervin Lainez  

“Not many bands have seized the postmillennial early-jazz spotlight  

with as much gusto as The Hot Sardines.”  —WBGO 

Founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Bougerol and Evan Palazzo over a mutual love of Fats Waller, the Hot Sardines skyrocketed from the wild underground parties of Brooklyn. Described by The New York Times as “potent and assured” and The Times of London as “simply phenomenal,” the Sardines have been touring their brand of reinvigorated classic jazz worldwide behind a string of celebrated albums and over 60 million digital streams, across platforms.  

On August 4, The Hot Sardines will release C’est La Vie, a bilingual affair of vintage jazz standards and originals, written by Bougerol and Palazzo. The title song, a Bossa nova original in French, is a timely ode to fully living each moment, even when you don’t know what the next will bring.  Unable to travel home in past years, Elizabeth spent time rediscovering and recording early French music, including the 1938 gypsy-jazz breezer “J’attendrai” (Dino Olivieri, Louis Poterat), the dark Django Reinhardt ballad “Si Tu Savais” (Georges Ulmer), and “I Wish You Love,” the 1942 standard by Charles Trenet and Léo Chauliac, with English lyrics by Albert Beach.  

The ensemble is sharing a video for a gospel-inflected version of “Moon River”, born when Elizabeth and Evan were tapped by director Greg Mottola to contribute music—and a cameo— to the Miramax release Confess, Fletch (2022, Jon Hamm and John Slattery). Additional music for the film includes the new Sardines original “Adieu l’amour,” a foray into the sounds of film noir, and “La Vie en Rose,” a hushed duet with Bob Parins (with whom Elizabeth sang his original “Sweet Pea,” a breakout hit from the Sardines’ album French Fries + Champagne).  

“We called our last album Welcome Home, Bon Voyage because we were literally always getting on a plane. We were so lucky to have that success, and we were finally able to reflect on it,” says Elizabeth. Adds Evan, “So we said, What do we want to do now? It turned out we really wanted to write and record more music.” The pair focused on a stripped-down sound to record remotely, calling on collaborators from Los Angeles to Beijing, using very 21st-century technology to record songs written nearly 100 years ago.  

The Hot Sardines will be touring throughout 2023-24, including a debut at Carnegie Hall on April 19, 2024, featuring special guest Alan Cumming.  They are also producing an original show about that larger-than-life driver of the Harlem renaissance, Fats Waller. 

C’EST LA VIE TRACK LISTING 

J’attendrai 

Moon River 

Si Tu Savais 

Adieu L’amour 

Let’s Go 

C’est la Vie 

La Vie en Rose 

I Wish You Love 

Swing of the Hip 

Meet Me at the Bottom of the Bottle 

 

TOUR DATES 
 

September 12 - New York City - Birdland Jazz Club (2 shows) @birdlandjazz

September 13 - New York City - Birdland Jazz Club (2 shows) @birdlandjazz

September 14 - New York City - Birdland Jazz Club (2 shows) @birdlandjazz

September 15 - New York City - Birdland Jazz Club (2 shows) @birdlandjazz

September 16 - New York City - Birdland Jazz Club (2 shows) @birdlandjazz

November 10 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Symphony Orchestra @cltsymphony

November 11 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Symphony Orchestra @cltsymphony

November 27 - New York, NY - Joe's Pub - HOLIDAY STOMP! @joespub

November 28 - New York, NY - Joe's Pub - HOLIDAY STOMP! @joespub

November 29 - New York, NY - Joe's Pub - HOLIDAY STOMP! @joespub

November 30 - New York, NY - Joe's Pub - HOLIDAY STOMP! @joespub

December 7 - Amherst, MA - Bowker Auditorium - HOLIDAY STOMP! @umassfac

December 16 - Tannersville, NY - Orpheum PAC - HOLIDAY STOMP!

December 19 - Tokyo TBA

December 20 - Tokyo TBA

December 21 - Tokyo TBA

January 19 - Richardson, TX - Eisemann Center @eisemanncenter

January 20 - Austin, TX - Parker Jazz Club @parkerjazzclub

January 21 - San Antonio, TX - Jazz, TX @jazz_texas

January 24 - Phoenix, AZ - Musical Instrument Museum @mimphx

January 25 - Las Vegas, NV - Myron's at the Smith Center @smithcenterlv

January 26 - Las Vegas, NV - Myron's at the Smith Center @smithcenterlv

January 27 - Kansas City, MO - Folly Theater @thefollytheater

February 14 - Toronto, ON - Koerner Hall @theroyalconservatory

April 19 - New York City - Carnegie Hall feat. Alan Cumming @carnegiehall

April 20 - Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center @berkleebpc

Ticket information 

www.HotSardines.com 

 

Contact:
  

Carla Parisi 

kidlogicmedia@gmail.com

Contact

Publicity 

Kid Logic Media 
Carla Parisi

Booking 

The Kurland Agency 
Jack Randall 
Jamie Zeifert 
617.254.0007 

Symphony Booking

Monica Felkel Creative Partners
Monica J. Felkel
917.868.8107

General Inquiries 

info@hotsardines.com

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