Female radio jazz singer
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Bing Crosby and
the Boswell Sisters |
Born and raised in the Jazz-ridden New Orleans streets,
Connie Boswell, and her two other sisters, Martha and
Vet, learned to pluck and toot almost every instrument
used in popular and vocal Jazz. The Boswell sisters even
appeared with the New Orleans Philharmonic at a very young
age, but their main focus was vocally. It was in 1925
when they cut their own record, and soon after, started
to tour the United States, appearing on radio. Here and
there on their busy trek across the country, they found
time to record albums, which built up their popularity
to such a point, that they were even getting respectful
gestures from Jazz giants, such as Benny Goodman and Eddie
Lang.
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Connie was the ring leader of the trio, usually devising
innovative charts of Jazz that were chock full unexpected
changes in tempo, rhythm, and key. This left the audience's
thirst for Jazz quenched, but only to the point where,
on their ride home, they would want more! Connie was so
into her music that some believed that she was a direct
descendant of Jazz itself, the Jazz Queen herself. In
1936, all the sisters got married, and Vet and Martha
retired. Connie, on the other hand, even though she cut
solo albums while with the group, directed her entire
focus on her solo career. This collection represents some
of her guest appearances in various old time radio shows
including Bing Crosby, Command
Performance, Good News, Kraft Music Hall, Mail Call,
and Screen Guild Theater.
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