Elizabeth Bougerol is the co-founder, voice, and creative force behind powerhouse early-jazz revival band The Hot Sardines, which has been called "potent and self-assured" by The New York Times and “simply phenomenal” by The Times of London. With her co-founder and pianist-bandleader Evan Palazzo, Elizabeth's reimagining of sounds from the likes of Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Django Reinhardt launched the Sardines into touring worldwide and recording a string of albums (starting with the Universal Classics/Decca debut The Hot Sardines) that have racked up more than 70 million streams across digital platforms.

While Elizabeth's influences are rooted in early-20th century jazz, her knack for making vintage sounds feel resolutely modern, her love of sharing the history you don't know behind some of jazz's best-loved artists, and a gift of audience connection that WBGO's Nate Chinen has called "the secret sauce" have landed her at the forefront of a movement of women redefining the role of the classic-jazz singer.

The Sardines have played the Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, and Blue Note Jazz Festival in Japan, among others. Elizabeth and Evan also collaborated with Tony-winning arranger Bill Elliott (An American in Paris on Broadway) on a symphony show they debuted with The Boston Pops, and have since played with 22 North American orchestras. Banned Jazz, the show she co-created for Carnegie Hall about music as a liberating force in Nazi-occupied Europe, sold out the Sardines' Hall debut in April 2024. Appetites, Elizabeth's new project of early jazz and blues about the smorgasbord of life, created with four-time Emmy winner J. Walter Hawkes and Obie winner Matt Ray (Bridget Everett, Taylor Mac), debuts late 2024 at NYC's Joe's Pub and Birdland.

THS tracks have been featured on screen recently in Papillon and Hulu's The Veil; Elizabeth's original songs have featured in Confess, Fletch and Manhattan Romance; and her ballad "Wake Up in Paris," about her native city, was one of Starbucks' all-time most downloaded tracks.

Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Elizabeth is the granddaughter of Canadian trumpeter, composer and bandleader Bobby Gimby, OC. She lives in New York City.