Boswell Sisters

ARiver stay way from my door
BAn ev'ning in Caroline

Label: Brunswick
Catalogue number: 1251
Genre: Jazz
Condition: Very good+
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #6524

The Boswell Sisters, an influential American vocal-harmony trio of the 1920s-1930s who pioneered close vocal arrangements and scat singing, performing two jazz-inflected vocal sides on Brunswick. The Sisters were major recording stars and style-setters of their era.

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