The Hot at Nights

The Hot at Nights are a contemporary jazz band whose material ranges from rollicking grooves to wailing sessions with a sound shaped by elements of R&B, rock, and electronic music. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, the band features engineer and producer <a href="spotify:artist:3ky9KCFVamy751f9fmY2rZ">Chris Boerner</a> on eight-string guitar, Matt Douglas on woodwinds, and Nick Baglio on drums and keyboards. Douglas has played in <a href="spotify:artist:6vHbrotF1DwFAOLNFMhpk7">the Proclivities</a> with <a href="spotify:artist:3ky9KCFVamy751f9fmY2rZ">Boerner</a>, who has also been part of the extended <a href="spotify:artist:60R4M19QBXvs0gO4IL6CpS">Foreign Exchange</a> family with Baglio. The trio has released three albums, all issued through <a href="spotify:artist:3ky9KCFVamy751f9fmY2rZ">Boerner</a>'s label: Nice Talk (2011), ¡Try This! (2013), and the more studied and electronics-heavy Three Kids (2017), which featured a guest appearance from guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:0si9BxvM2C33fAIkr1pgUc">Charlie Hunter</a>. Additionally, the Hot at Nights have backed the <a href="spotify:artist:60R4M19QBXvs0gO4IL6CpS">Foreign Exchange</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:3I8ExTKigDuneCoO1D7aYS">Nicolay</a> for Shibuya Session EP. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi