The Ultimate Jazz Archive Vol.149 - The Boswell Sisters [1931-1939] [2005]

01.Roll On Mississippi, Roll On
02.Shout, Sister, Shout
03.Sing A Little Jingle
04.I Found A Million Dollar
05.It’s The Girl
06.It’s You
07.Making Faces At The Man In The Moon
08.I Can’t Write The Words
09.Shine On, Harvest Moon
10.Heebie Jeebies
11.River, Stay ‘Way From My Door
12.An Evening In Caroline
13.Nothing Is Sweeter Than You
14.I Thank You, Mr. Moon
15.Was That The Human Thing To Do
16.Put That Sun Back In The Sky
17.Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon
18.Everybody Loves My Baby
19.There’ll Be Some Changes Made
20.Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
21.If It Ain’t Love
22.Got The South In My Soul
23.Whad Ja Do To Me
24.When I Take My Sugar To Tea

Definitely the most talented and arguably the all-around best jazz vocal group of all time, the Boswell Sisters parlayed their New Orleans upbringing into a swinging delivery that featured not only impossibly close harmonies, but countless maneuvers of vocal gymnastics rarely equalled on record. Connee (sometimes Connie), Helvetia (Vet), and Martha Boswell grew up singing together, soaking up Southern gospel and blues through close contact with the black community. They first performed at vaudeville houses around the New Orleans area, and began appearing on local radio by 1925. At first, they played strictly instrumentals, with Connee on cello, saxophone and guitar; Martha on piano; and Vet on violin, banjo, and guitar. The station began featuring them in a vocal setting as well, with Connee taking the lead on many songs (despite a childhood accident that had crippled her and left her in a wheelchair).

Word of their incredible vocal talents led to appearances in Chicago and New York, and the Boswell Sisters began recording in 1930 for Victor. By the following year, they'd moved to Brunswick and reached the Hit Parade with "When I Take My Sugar to Tea," taken from the Marx Brothers' film Monkey Business and featuring the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in support. The trio continued to work with many of the best jazzmen in the field (including Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, and Bunny Berigan), and appeared in the 1932 film extravaganza The Big Broadcast with Bing Crosby and Cab Calloway. the Boswell Sisters hit the top of the Hit Parade only once, in 1935, with "The Object of My Affection" from the film Times Square Lady. One year later however, both Martha and Vet retired from the group in favor of married life.

Connee had already made a few solo sides for Brunswick as early as 1932, and she continued her solo career in earnest after the Boswell Sisters parted. She hit number one twice during the late '30s, with the Bing Crosby duets "Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band," and continued recording into the '60s. --- John Bush, Rovi

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