Nothing Was Sweeter Than / The Boswell Sisters

こんばんはJazzyIsshiです。今夜は1930年台前半に活躍した珍しい女声コーラスBothwell Sistersの1931年録音のLPです。

Nothing Was Sweeter Than / The Boswell Sisters
MCA Records  MCA-7120

A
1  Wha'd Ja Do To Me? (Ager)
2  When Mu Sugar To Tea (Fain-Kahal-Norman)
3  Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (West-McCaffrey-Ringle)
4  Shout, Sister, Shout (Williams-Hill)
5  It's You (Razaf-Waller)
6  It's the Girl (Oppenheimer-Baer)
7  Making Faces At The Man In The Moon (Rich-Smith-Hoffman-Washington)

B
1  I Can't Write The Words (Marks-Fields)
2  Shine On Harvest Moon (Norworth-Bayes)
3  Heebie Jeebies (Atkins)
4  River Stay Away From My Door (Dixon-Woods)
5  At Eve'ning In Caroline (Donaldson)
6  Nothing Was Sweeter Than You (Charles)
7  I Thank You, Mr. Moon (Oppenheim-Morse-Baer)

A1,2  1931 March 12
The Boswell Sisters
Bob Effros or Jack Purvis (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Martha Bothwell or Arthur Schutt (p), Dick McDonough (g), Joe Tarto (b), Chauncy Morehouse or Stan King (ds), Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell(vo)

A3,4  1931 April 23
The Bothwell Sisters
Manny Klein (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g), Joe Tarto (b), Chauncy Morehouse (ds), Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell(vo)

A5,6  1931 June 8
The Boswell Sisters
Manny Klein (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g), Joe Tarto (b), Stan King (ds), Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell(vo)

A7, B1  unknown
The Boswell Sisters
Mnny Klein, unknown (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (as,cl), Larry Binyon (ts), Joe Venuti (vln), Cahuncy Morehouse (ds), with strings, Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell(vo)

B 2,3  1931 August 27 
The Boswell Sisters
Mnny Klein, unknown (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (as,cl), Larry Binyon (ts), Cahuncy Morehouse (ds), with strings, Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell(vo) B 4,5  1931 November 5
The Boswell Sisters

Bunny Berigan (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Jimmy Dorsey(cl), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie lang (g), Arty Burnstein (b), Stan King (ds), Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell(vo)

B 6,7  1931 December 5
The Boswell Sisters
Bunny Berigan (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Jimmy Dorsey(cl), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie lang (g), Arty Burnstein (b), Stan King (ds), Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell(vo)

この時代の女声コーラスとしては極めてJazzyです。歌のイントネーションがJazzです。加えて、スキャットをふんだんに取り入れてJazz気を増しています。それに伴奏者のソロも大幅にスペースをとっており、リズム隊も極めてJazzyです。見つけたらすぐに購入するｋとをお勧めする傑作盤です。

Boswell SistersはMartha（1905-1958), Connie(1907-1976), Velvetica (Vet)(1911-1988)の三姉妹で、ニューオリンズ出身で、伝説のコルネット奏者エメットハーディからの影響でクラシックからJazzに転向したと伝えられています。Jazzyな感覚は本場仕込みなのでしょう。