Name: String of Pearls: Gems
Brand: String of Pearls
SKU: 25449990
Price: 18.19 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Format: CD

Price

On average, orders containing available-to-ship items are processed and dispatched within 1-2 business days, although this is not guaranteed.

Orders containing preorder items will ship as 1 fulfillment once all items in the order are available to ship.

Please note, Tower Records Merchandise and Exclusives are dispatched separately. On average, these items take 3-4 business days to dispatch, although this is not guaranteed.

The estimated shipping times that are displayed at checkout are from the point of dispatch.

See our shipping policy for more information.

We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item(s) to make a return.

To be eligible for a return of an unwanted item, your item must be in the same condition that you received it and in its original packaging.

In the unfortunate situation that a product is damaged/faulty/incorrect, let us know and we will endeavor to correct any issue as soon as possible.

Please see our refund policy for more information.

Description

Title: Gems
Artist: String of Pearls
Label: CD Baby
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 804418000122
Genre: Jazz

STRING OF PEARLS is a female jazz vocal trio that performs vintage 'girl group' music and modern vocal jazz with style, sass, and superb musicality. The group's repertoire ranges from the 1930s sounds of the Boswell Sisters and Andrews Sisters to Brazilian, bebop, and pop music. String of Pearls has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Avery Fisher Hall, Town Hall, the JVC Jazz Festival, the Cape Cod Jazz Festival, the Provincetown Jazz Festival, and in clubs and concert halls in France, Germany, and Japan. In the New York area, the "Pearls" have recently been on the bill at The Metropolitan Room, Sweet Rhythm, The Blue Note, and many other clubs and festivals. String of Pearls is comprised of singers Susan Halloran, Jeanne O'Connor, and Holli Ross. Sue, Jeanne, and Holli were all working as professional solo singers in New York when they were brought together to perform a 20-minute set at a nostalgia-oriented concert. The singers immediately loved their special "blend" and began to expand their repertoire. They created authentic transcriptions of tunes by the likes of the Boswell and Andrews Sisters, and began to commission and create original arrangements. And, Jeanne and Holli both began to contribute lyrics to songs by contemporary jazz composers for the groups to sing, plus new lyrics to older standards like "Girl Talk" and Glen Miller's "String of Pearls." The "Pearls' have delighted audiences and critics with their superb musicality, sophisticated arrangements, swing, and charming stage show. Says legendary jazz singer Jon Hendricks, "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 it's beauty, startling in it's simplicity and overpowering in it's swing, without which, as friend Edward Ellington so aptly says, 'It Don't Mean a Thing.'' And Michael Bourne, jazz DJ and host of the popular "Singers Unlimited" at WBGO-FM in Newark, says, 'String of Pearls shows an authentic and affectionate spirit with an extraordinary kaleidoscope of group singing styles, from the Boswells to the bossas. They sound good. They look good. Pearls of great price indeed.'

Tracks:
1.1 It's Sand, Man
1.2 Forty Second Street
1.3 Girl Talk
1.4 Professor Bop
1.5 It Don't Mean a Thing
1.6 One Note Samba
1.7 Nice Work If You Can Get It
1.8 Straighten Up and Fly Right
1.9 I Hear Music
1.10 A String of Pearls
1.11 Crazy People
1.12 Smack Dab in the Middle
1.13 Teach Me Tonight
1.14 South American Way
1.15 Sermonette
1.16 Glow Worm
1.17 Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia

Audio Sample:
All soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.