[Dixielandjazz] The Hot Sardines reviewed -- Buffalo News, November 24, 2014

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There are quite a few Youtube videos of the Hot Sardines, all of them are
very good. However, no Sousaphones in evidence - just String Bass.
Here is St. James: http://youtu.be/6yBxyZsX9yE

Dave Richoux

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:

> The Hot Sardines: The Hot Sardines (Decca)
> by Mary Kunz Goldman
> Buffalo News, November 24, 2014
> The Hot Sardines is a New York City outfit that play a lot of Fats Waller
> and other
> music from that era. The singer, “Miz Elizabeth” Bougerol, also plays
> washboard and
> tambourine, and she has a voice that’s really fun. It’s not studied or
> overworked,
> just light and amusing, with a lot of theater, whether she’s singing a
> rapid “Bei
> Mir Bist Du Schoen” or a lazy blues backed up by growling trumpet. Joining
> Miz Elizabeth
> on this self-titled disc are seven guys, adept on various instruments that
> evoke
> the spirit of the 1920s and ‘30s -- not just trumpet, but sleepy violin,
> trombone,
> bass and -- love it -- Sousaphone. Evan “Bibs” Palazzo anchors them with
> his light
> honky-tonk jazz piano. Songs include “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,
> Baby,”
> with a violin solo, the vaudeville “Your Feet’s Too Big” and “Honeysuckle
> Rose.”
> (The ghost of Fats Waller looms large.) Am I mean to say I am sick of
> songs in French?
> There are two, in addition to “Wake Up in Paris,” a Bougerol original
> that’s cute
> but offers no surprises. “Let’s Go,” a song she wrote with Palazzo, is
> better. I
> like the Sardines. I’ve read they throw a heck of a party, and I believe
> it.
> -30
>
> -Bob Ringwald
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