Hot Sardines Entertain at Levitt

The Hot Sardines enterained tonight at Westport;s Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. Fusing musical influences from New York, Paris, and New Orleans, the group transformed songs from another era into pop music for this century. There was hot, foot-stomping jazz, salty stride piano, and the kind of music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, and Fats Waller used to make. Bandleader and pianist Evan “Bibs” Palazzo and lead singer Elizabeth Bougerol were joined by a blustery brass lineup, a powerhouse rhythm section led by a stride-piano virtuoso, and their very own tap dancer. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Marin for WestportNow.com