String Of Pearls - It Don't Mean A Thing (2011) [2019 SACD]

Sue Halloran, Jeanne O'Connor and Holli Ross were all working as professional solo singers in New York when they were brought together to perform at a nostalgia-oriented concert. Since then the group has created a repertoire that ranges from authentic re-creations of Boswell Sisters songs from the 1930s, to adventurous original jazz arrangements. The Pearls' charming show can move from Andrews Sisters to Sinatra, Basie, Carole King, Brazilian, and bebop.

"I am often asked what the future of vocalese will be. Right now, it is resting comfortably in the hands of three lovely girls - String of Pearls. String of Pearls has produced a version of vocalese that is, to me, breathtaking in its beauty, startling in its simplicity and overpowering in its swing, without which, as friend Edward Ellington so aptly says, 'It Don't Mean a Thing.'" - Jon Hendricks, NEA Jazz Master

Tracks:

1. It's Sand, Man
2. Forty Second Street
3. Girl Tlak
4. Professor Bop
5. It Don't Mean A Thing
6. One Note Samba
7. Nice Work If You Can Get It
8. Straighten Up & Fly Right
9. I Hear Music
10. A String Of Pearls
11. Crazy People
12. Smack Dab In Middle
13. Teach Me Tonight
14. South American Way
15. Sermonette
16. Glow Worm
17. Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia

Personnel:

Susan Halloran, vocal
Jeanne O'Connor, vocal
Holli Ross, vocal
Ken Peplowski, tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet
Bill Moring, bass
Darryl Pellegrini, drums
Tony Regusis, piano
Randy Sandke, trumpet