Come join us for an evening with The Hot at Nights at Casbah in Durham, NC. Casbah is a sweet listening room. Great sound and a great vibe should lend itself well to doin’ our thing. Advance tix are now available.

Thursday April 19, 2012 – Casbah – 1007 W Main St. Durham, NC  27701

Doors 8pm, Show 9pm – TICKETS

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The Hot at Nights proudly present a new series of free downloads we’ll be offering. Reel Talk is the simple product of the three of us with a 4-track tape machine in my basement – The Burlap Palace. It’s 4 tracks – bass, guitar, drums, and sax – no more, no less. Each volume will feature two songs – covers deconstructed by The Hot at Nights in our own special way.

Vol. 1: Roxanne vs. Roxette – DOWNLOAD NOW (right click and save on some browsers)

1. Listen To Your Heart – Roxette – We’ve taken a lot of liberties here with this song. We wanted to create a giant segway from massive deconstruction to epic ending. The intro is drastically re-harmonized, the verse is in 6/4, and we have some more epic re-harmonization on the chorus. By the time we get to the bridge and final chorus modulation we’re a bit closer to the original.

2. Roxanne – The Police – It’s in 15/8. We’ll leave it at that.

Enjoy!!!!!

The Hot @ Nights w/video by Neill Prewitt and Lincoln Hancock: 6 Machine from JamPak on Vimeo.

The Hot @ Nights w/video by Neill Prewitt and Lincoln Hancock: 914-BAM from JamPak on Vimeo.

The Hot @ Nights w/video by Neill Prewitt and Lincoln Hancock: Steppin Out from JamPak on Vimeo.

The Hot @ Nights w/video by Neill Prewitt and Lincoln Hancock: AC Slater from JamPak on Vimeo.

“Nice Talk” is the title of the intriguing debut from the jazz trio that goes by the moniker of The Hot @ Nights.  Three piece jazz combos are not highly unusual, but the curious instrumental combination utilized by The Hot @ Nights is an unusual blend.  Chief writer Chris Boerner’s agile improvisation on eight-string guitar, with the added two strings serving to expand the scope and range of his instrument, aids in allowing this unusual configuration to click.  He possesses a keen sense of rhythm with the capacity to be creative at every turn.  The same can be said of Matt Douglas who plays, puffs, honks, and snarls on an assortment of woodwind instruments.  And finally, as with any three-piece group, a powerfully strong drummer is an essential presence.  Nick Baglio is equal to the task efficiently going from brisk rat-a-tats, to tight roll presses, to soft brush work, and adding interspersed cymbal exploits.  Baglio; masterful on his drum kit like a perpetual well-oiled machine, tirelessly works in tandem with, and at times, against the backdrop of the other two musicians.

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