The Hot Sardines & Jason Moran Celebrates Fats Waller

NOTE LOCATION
Paramount Theatre of the Arts
2025 Broadway
Downtown Oakland

Channeling the stylish swank and gritty charm of New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans jazz halls of the past, The Hot Sardinesines play infectiously fun vintage music with a modern edge. The energetic 8-piece band specializes in "jump" and "hot" jazz from the 1910s and '20s, classic pop songs, and familiar standards with smart arrangements and unmistakable flair. Sharing the bill, pianist Jason Moran lends his formidable talents to the music of one of jazz' most charismatic figures, with his riotous Fats Waller Dance Party. Moran reimagines Waller classics like "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Honeysuckle Rose," and "Jitterbug Waltz" with a playful contemporary twist, mixing up Waller's familiar stride piano style with soulful vamps, hip-hop beats, and funk grooves.

Hot Sardines
Elizabeth Bougerol, co-founder, vocals, washboard
Evan Palazzo, co-founder, bandleader, piano
Other band members t.b.a.

Jason Moran: Fats Waller Dance Party
Jason Moran, piano and Fender Rhodes
Ms. Lisa Harris, vocals
Leron Thomas, trumpet and vocals
Tarus Mateen, bass
Charles Haynes, drums