Connee Boswell was one of the first white artists to integrate the jazz and swing experimentations of black New Orleans musicians into popular music. The tempo, rhythm and pitch changes she and her sisters introduced to close harmony arrangements fused together Classical, Jazz, Swing, and Blues as never before. The work she did on the … Continue reading When Radio Ruled #111 – Connee Boswell Sings 1939
Connee Boswell was one of the first white artists to integrate the jazz and swing experimentations of black New Orleans musicians into popular music. The tempo, rhythm and pitch changes she and her sisters introduced to close harmony arrangements fused together Classical, Jazz, Swing, and Blues as never before. The work she did on the … Continue reading When Radio Ruled #111 – Connee Boswell Sings 1939
Connee Boswell was one of the first white artists to integrate the jazz and swing experimentations of black New Orleans musicians into popular music.
The tempo, rhythm and pitch changes she and her sisters introduced to close harmony arrangements fused together Classical, Jazz, Swing, and Blues as never before.
The work she did on the radio and on the screen as well as behind the scenes as writer and arranger changed the sound of popular music and influenced directly or indirectly every vocalist since.
SONG LIST:
Jumpin’ Jive
Scatterbrain
Any Umbrellas?
Shuffle Off to Buffalo (with the Boswell Sisters)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Stop, it’s Wonderful
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Don’t Worry About Me
Begin the Beguinne
Oh, Johnny!
Ain’t Ya Comin’ Out?
Rancho Grande
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
Heaven Can Wait
My Little Skipper
My Last Good-Bye
Goody Good-Bye