Audiophile ACD-309 The Pfister Sisters
All's Well That's Boswell

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It was mid-December twenty years ago when the Pfisters played their first gig entertaining between the New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra's sets. Jo Bradford, George and Joanne Schmidt's mother, booked it. It was a society gig and Kenneth Raphael was our pianist. It's an honor to be celebrating our anniversary with this tribute to the Boswell Sisters....

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Personnel

The Pfister Sisters: Holley Bendtsen, Suzy Malone and Yvette Voelker.

Additional personnel: Amasa Miller piano + leader, Charlie Miller trumpet + flute + dog barks, Craig Klein trombone, Tim Laughlin clarinet, Ken "Snakebite" Jacobs tenor saxophone, Tom Morley violin, Jimmy Ballero guitar, Jim Markway bass, Bruce Boyd Raeburn drums.

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Selections

• 1 St. Louis Blues
  • (W.C. Handy) 1914, based on Handy's arrangement sung by Bessie Smith in the short film "St. Louis Blues," 1929
• 2 Heebie Jeebies
  • (Boyd Atkins) 1929, the girls had been listening to Louis Armstrong's Hot Five recording
• 3 When It's Sleepytime Down South
  • (Leon Rene, Otis Rene, Clarence Muse) 1931, arrangement based on a 1931 bouncing ball cartoon "Sleepy Time Down South"
• 4 Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
  • (Eugene West, James McCaffery, Dave Ringle) 1931
• 5 "Close Farm-ony" Medley
  • Hittin' the Hay-Hey; Give, Cow, Give; The Little Red Barn is a Red-Hot Barnyard Now!
  • (composer unknown) arrangement based on the Boswells' version they sang in their first film appearance "Close Farm-ony," 1931
• 6 Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia
  • (Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) 1932
• 7 I Hate Myself (For Being Mean to You)
  • (Milton Ager, Benny Davis, Joseph Young) 1934
• 8 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  • (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) 1932
• 9 Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong
  • (J.C. Johnson, George Whiting, Nat Schwartz) 1934
• 10 Was That the Human Thing to Do?
  • (Sammy Fain, Joe Young) 1931
• 11 Forty-Second Street
  • (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) 1932, film "Forty-Second Street"
• 12 Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day
  • (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) 1932, revue "Cotton Club Parade"
• 13 Crazy People
  • (Edgar Leslie, James Monaco) 1932, film: "The Big Broadcast"
• 14 Shout, Sister, Shout
  • (J. Tim Brymn, Alexander Hill, Clarence Williams) 1930
• 15 We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
  • (Harry Woods) 1932
• 16 Fare Thee Well, Annabel
  • (Allie Wrubel, Mort Dixon) 1934, film "Sweet Music"

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Recording Session Produced by Holley Bendtsen + Amasa Miller
Executive Producer: George Buck
Production Coordinator: Wendell Echols
Cover Photo: Michael P. Smith
Year Released: 2000

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Booking Contact:
E-mail: yvoelker@aol.com
Tel: (504) 833-1465
1510 Sylvia Ave., Metairie, LA 70005
www.pfistersisters.com

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