THE STOLEN SWEETS: Shuffle Off to Buffalo

The Stolen Sweets

Shuffle Off to Buffalo

© 2006 Stolen Sweets (619981143226)

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A guilt-free sampling of 1930's swing jazz confection.

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The Stolen Sweets are sure to hold you spellbound with their refreshing and unique interpretations of vocal jazz tunes from the 1920's and 1930's. The band's repertoire is inspired by the unconventional arrangements and virtuosic three-part harmonies of the Boswell Sisters (Martha, Connee and Vet), one of the most popular vocal groups of that era.

During the jazz age, a new phrase was entering the musical lexicon -- the Boswell Sound. This new sound was musically intricate, innovative and optimistic -- a fitting remedy for the Depression blues. Unlike sister acts that came before and after them, these girls were gritty and progressive. They were classically trained instrumentalists who, thanks to Martha's piano savvy, developed their own complex arrangements and sang lyrics intended solely for men.

The music of the Boswell Sisters will surely win over true blue fans by way of Portland's newest jazz bevy, the Stolen Sweets. Equipped with such Portland notables as Pete Krebs, Jen Bernard and Lara Michell, the Sweets' tight, three-part vocal harmonies and boisterous string syncopations are sure to please. Jazz enthusiasts will agree that the Stolen Sweets are worthy successors of the Boswell legacy.

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  • Shuffle Off To Buffalo
    author: William C. Torrey

    I have just responded to cdbaby's query whether I'd received your CD recording and whether I loved it. I hope that they will pass along my comments (which I won't repeat here...suffice it to say that it was such a hit that my good friend and, in my opinion the best jazz pianist in the country, Jeff Barnhart (check out his web site),fell in love with it that I gave him my copy and immediately reordered another copy. I hope you'll keep us informed about your future performances and CD recordings...and maybe come down to the Phoenix area one day, possibly to perform at our annual Arizona Classic Jazz Festival in November. You ladies deserve all the stars that can be awarded! Thanks and keep up the good work. Bill Torrey Phoenix, AZ

  • treat yourself to this'un!
    author: luke wood

    smooth as your favourite cocktail, and just as satisfying! that title track is as good as any singapore sling I've ever had...beautiful.

  • Don't Scatch This CD !
    author: Chris

    WOW! Updated athentic 30's style. Silky, sultry, smooth, I'm in heaven ! Like a five star meal !

  • SHUFFLE OFF TO BUY THIS
    author: E-MAN

    The music's gorgeous as the ladies doing the singing. Great stuff all around.

  • Stolen sweets: Shuffle off to Buffalo
    author: Madelaine Morris

    Wow! You all are amazing! The harmonies are tightly woven. This albums begs replaying time and time again! Thank you for keeping the Boswell legacy alive!

  • The Coolest Album in years!
    author: Jen Escobedo

    I gave this cd to some family members for Christmas. We immediately turned off the Christmas music and grooved away to this album. It was neat that 3 generations all dug this cd. That doesn't happen too often these days. Their cool and catchy beats nab you from the get go! Swing!Swing!Swing!

  • shuffle off to buffalo
    author: connie thomas

    I saw this group in Chehalis, Wa. Loved them. I gave all my friends this CD for Christmas. This is dance around the kitchen while you are trying to make the soup music. Hope they come to Olympia, Wa soon!

  • Jazzamataz
    author: Bekka San

    I've turned all of my friends onto this CD and Stolen Sweets. If you are looking for something that will lift your spirits and make you want to bop around the house, put "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" on and get up and move! I put it on auto-replay and my whole house lights up with the joy of jazz all day long!

  • Stolen sweets - shuffle off to buffalo
    author: Sophie

    This is the best album i've heard in years, the artistry of the vocals is astounding, the musicians are obviously all incredibly accomplished and the feeling they create is just mind-blowingly fantastic! Can't say enough! If you love music and apprieciate incredible harmony singing then listen to this!

  • author: Marcarthur

    A review in french... Ici, tout est swing, calme et volupté. Impecablement mis en place et délicieusement interprété. Avec de belles relectures de thèmes comme "When I take my sugar to tea" ou "Me minus you". Bonheur assuré pour tout ceux qui aiment le swing léger qui ne cède pas à la virtuosité mais assure au trio vocal un petit écrin de velours. Mention spéciale à l'emballage de carton de ce très agréable CD.

  • Review from Sepiachord.com
    author: David

    Portland, Oregon must be a city of secrets. Every time I encounter this North West city I find some interesting hidden thing about the town that I never knew before. This time the secret was delightful as well as surprising: "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" the debut CD by The Stolen Sweets. My first response to the CD was not aural, but visual and textural. It's not uncommon to find bands using cardstock packaging for their CDs but The Stolen Sweets are one of the few who've done it with such a nice aesthetic, such style. The cover is muted, but lovely. The neutral gray of the background is overlayed with just two more shades of gray and accented in dull gold. The text and image are stlightly inset into the mildly textured cardstock so that the package actual feels nice in your hand. When's the last time you said that about a modern product? In many ways this isn't a modern product. The simple graphic, the typeface and the coloration of the CD are meant to evoke another era. When I first looked it I was reminded not only of vintage record sleeves but of old movie credits where the cast is persented to you all together on a splash screen so that the cast is seen as a unified whole, not just a collection of artists. But this album also opens like an invitation. It's like being welcomed to a lovely party where you're being reminded to bring your dancing shoes. After listening to this CD I can tell you that it's a party that you want to RSVP to. But in the end packaging is just something to contain the real product. This product, this collection of confectionary songs, is well worth sinking your ears into. The Stolen Sweets may be a contemporary act but they aren't "modern". If there was justice in the world the 1990s swing revival would have been followed by interest in more the intimate styles of vintage jazz. Much of the music of the 1920s and 1930s moves, swings, makes you want to dance but doesn't need to bludgeon you with the bombast that modern audiences my think of when they think of swing. "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" isn't the sound of a massive orchestra playing in a cavernous hall it's more personal than that. It's the sound of a small, tight, and talented combo playing the corner gin joint where there may not be much room to move around but that doesn't stop anyone from dancing. There was a lot going on with jazz during those years between the wars and this band carefully selects their key elements from that honeyed menu of sounds. I don't know how you could listen to this recording with out being struck by the lovely three part harmonies of the performed by Jen Bernard, Lara Mitchell and Erin Sutherland. Most contemporary listeners may only be familiar with this style form late comers The Andrews Sisters, but the style was pioneered by the Boswell Sisters. It is from these founding ladies that the Stolen Sweets take their lead from. The Boswell Sisters were raised in New Orleans and the hot style of the city mixed with the area's distinct instrumentation formed their sound. The ghosts of that zesty time and place haunt this recording. But that's a good thing, that means this CD has spirit. It's that honest, heartfelt spirit that keeps "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" from being a dull museum piece. It's more like a time machine. You're not going to sit there as a placid spectator when you put this on you want to find a partner and dance, you want to sing along with your favorite cocktail in hand. There is a legitimacy here that was missing with some of the acts during the swing revival. You never feel like The Stolen Sweets are just a rock band "playing dress up". Not that they don't look good, of course. After seeing them Iive I can attest that they are damned sharp dressers. I give them credit for making me feel underdressed but still not unwelcomed. I also have to give credit for the band itself. With such excellent vocal maneuvering going on it's easy to miss the fact that it is the talented musicians here that give the women such amazing sounds to sing with. The men in the combo can sing, too. Pete Krebs especially has a wonderfully rich voice that counterpoints the ladies' harmonies perfectly. And it's a treat when he takes the lead as he does on one of may all time favorites: "St. James Infirmary". So if you find this CD open it with wonderful expectations. The sweets inside are well worth indulging in.

  • Stolen Sweets: shuffle Off to Buffalo
    author: Lynn A. Nasburg

    Our son gave the CD to me as a birthday gift and my husband and I can't stop playing it. It's positively addicted. I also just received my order from CD Baby of 3 more for Christmas gifts for friends...and we have submitted the information on Stolen Sweets to the Oregon Coast Music Festival committee and Music on the Bay as well. Would love to hear the group "in person"!

  • buy the cd in france
    author: Jenna

    Hi! I'm from France and I'm a big fan of the Boswell Sisters so when I listened to the Stolen Sweets, I immediatly fell in love. I'd like to know whether I can buy the CD in France and where ?

  • words cant describe it!
    author: Emma

    the CD is amazing and im so glad i bought it! thank you for the great CD! ive told me firends about it and they are thinking of getting it too! please bring it ot in the UK!

  • Worth the hunt
    author: Amber

    It took me awhile to track this CD down after discovering the band on Myspace but it was worth the hunt. I've been listening to it for a week straight and everyone that catches an earful loves it! Thanks!

  • Get out your Dancin' Shoes!
    author: Valerie

    This CD makes it impossible to sit still! You just want to dance through the whole thing and really makes you want to take Swing dance classes!! Can't wait for another CD!!

  • The Stolen Sweets are FANTASTIC!
    author: Diane in Bend

    Divine, jivy and just songs that make me smile. Hope they are working on another CD.

  • Great what else to say
    author: Jeremy

    These guys and gals are great. The minute I heard the first selection I was enthralled. My girlfriend immediately had to borrow the disc also. Definately worth the money to buy. I just wished they would tour the country so I'd have a chance to see them live. Love ya, j.

  • beautiful songs!
    author: Jennifer English

    I love all of the songs on this CD, and so does my husband. We plan to purchase more to give to friends real soon!

  • Tight, punchy band arrangements and vocals!
    author: Susan Rosen

    Matching the Boswell arrangements is NOT easy, but The Stolen Sweets manage to do so, and do it so well on the title track, "Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day", and "Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia", that I found myself listening for the scratchy 78 sound along with it! Nice choices of songs too, especially with the gems "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" and "I'm In Training for You."

  • Pleasant, happy, upbeat
    author: G. L. Turney

    Love listening to this happy, upbeat CD. It makes me smile and smile. We want to go to a live Stolen Sweets concert next!

  • smooth,the harmony is GREAT! WOW what talent!
    author: Sindy Devereux

    its very up beat and smoooooth! a great CD for getting you down the road.

  • The experience of buying this cd from CD Baby was outstanding.
    author: Bob Archibald

    I bought this cd for the song shuffle off to buffalo and the female artist that recorded it. I was pleased that I got to hear the other pieces as well.

  • Precious, classic selections with a fine, modern quality.
    author: Sharon Rogers

    Precious, classic selections with a fine, modern quality. Attention to detail in arrangements, balance, and technique makes this a CD I can listen to again and again. And I'm pretty picky.

  • Absolutely Love It!
    author: Linda

    I love this CD so much. It's very uplifting and the talent is awesome. I discovered the Stolen Sweets through my 16 year old daughter, who would've thought. This music appeals to all ages. Can't wait for the next CD.

  • Husband loves it.
    author: Marilyn

    Took it to work & I can't get him to bring it home so I can listen to it.

  • outstanding rhythm & harmony
    author: Dale & Claudia

    such an enjoyable performance that we had to purchase several copies of the CD to share with distant family members.

  • Universally appealing cd.
    author: patrick

    Everyone I know loves this disc, from punk rockers to my grandma. Amazing cd. Top notch performances and great songs. Looking forward to hearing more from The Stolen Sweets!

  • author: Don & Sandra

    We love it, my wife grew up shufflin' off to buffalo.Now we are both shufflin'.

  • Can't stop listening
    author: Jamie (los Angeles)

    Once I heard some of the samples on cdbaby, I just had to get the CD. CD sounds clear, the music and singers are just awesome. Thank You for this great CD.

  • I heart The Stolen Sweets
    author: Sara Regan

    This gem of a swing sextet is finally captured in an album... The recording sounds intimate and clear, and suspense lurks in the fantastic three-part harmonies. Where are the swing dancers at their shows?? This is some of my favorite music to lindy to. It's so lyrics-driven, you feel like you're dancing to the words, and the depression-era rhythms are elastic, sultry and deliciously smooth.

  • great harmonies, wears well
    author: Reva

    Another caught-'em-on-OPB fan here. This is such fun material, with wonderful harmonies and rhythms. I find myself playing it again and again; it's just so pleasant to listen to.

  • Love it! Neat voices and instrumentation.
    author: Steve

    Saw you on OPB fundraiser. Great exposure for your music. I bet sales went up quite a bit after that appearance.

  • Terrific
    author: Norma

    Really terrific CD - getting married in 2 weeks and entend to play minni at the wedding. - Will be fun fun fun

  • Totally awsome CD
    author: Rosetta

    I saw The Stolen Sweets on OPB and was hooked, I had to have the CD! I listen to it all the time, whenever I sit down for a minute, my TV is getting neglected. Minnie the Moocher's my fave, but there isn't one that I don't like.

  • I heard the group on OPB and had to have their CD! It's great!
    author: Jeanne

    Great selection of songs and vocalists!

  • As soon as I heard this album I wanted it!
    author: Pam

    I can listen to this album over and over again. It's mellow, fun, beautiful arranged with voice and instruments and lifts my spirits. I work with a group of memory loss individuals and I hope to have them learn these songs so they can have the same experience.

  • The best band playing that style of music.
    author: Thomas Fondano

    The Stolen Sweets played our wedding and everyone from teenagers to grandparents loved it. They rock in their swinging way.

  • Heard them live in Portland last month and immediately wanted this CD.
    author: Liz

    Great harmonies that evoke a bygone era. Wonderful!

  • More than Awesome!
    author: Marty

    More than Awesome! Where have I been? Everybody I rave to about this CD already knows about the Stolen Sweets, but just don't remember their name, even tho they know the group and their awesome music.

  • Saw the group in Portland this month - great
    author: Anon.

    Very enjoyable CD -a wonderful memory of the recent Portland concert

  • Lost sound lives in this CD
    author: J. G. Swander

    Music you won't hear on your radio station or any of the satellite services. Simply an uplifting album full of surprises.

  • Very good, easy listening. Would like to hear more from them.
    author: Bill

    I am not an aficionado, but enjoyed this CD so much that I hope these ladies cut a new one right away. But, I want to hear all songs by The Stolen Sweets next time!

  • How great can an evening b e?
    author: Donna Rich Mooney

    Bought the CD, then went to see the group with our son, visiting from Wis. We all loved them. Then had to buy them a cd, too. Your service was excellent and FUN. Love your emails. Thanks

  • I love this cd! The artists are SO good!
    author: Coniee Hanzen

    This cd is fun to listen to anytime. Very upbeat and joyful. The sound is great. I am glad to have seen the OPB episode that made me aware of this group.

  • listenin' now ..
    author: mari

    Listenin' now as I type ... awesome interpretations from an era long gone and brought to life here as this super group of very talented musicians give us a peek through time, smokey bars and clubs and theatretts, enough to visualize bein' there! Orderin' now! Enjoy you all!

  • author: Barbara

    My daughter is a jazz buff, I bought this for her birthday. This CD is so good, I'm listening to it 5 times a week myself. Daughter loves it. We'll both be catching the Stolen Sweets live ASAP in Portland! THANKS for such great music enjoyment.

  • Very Sweet!
    author: Kim Cox

    I'm lovin' it. Can't wait for more.

  • author: bill embly

    I heard Shuffle Off to Buffalo on the radio, had to hear more, and was not disappointed. The CD by the same title is good from start to finish, particularly the infectious rhythm and harmonizing. In a class with Hot, by Squirrel Nut Zipper, and the Triplets of Belleville (a sound track).

  • author: Sugar Johnson

    Super nice CD. It's nice to hear these old songs sung so well. I can't wait to receive my CD.

  • greatest gift of all!
    author: Margit (Europe, Austria)

    wonderful interpretations in a wonderful style. close your eyes and enjoy it. I love the authentic and also personal style of interpretation! THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL GIFT!

  • Yowza!
    author: Wendy

    The Stolen Sweets have captured the feel and sound of the 30's. The CD is fresh and nostalgic at the same time. Most importantly, it's a listen that can be both fun and relaxing. I highly recommend it!

  • Refreshingly anachronistic!
    author: D.J. A. Maxwell

    It is wonderful to immerse oneself in genuine vocal and musical talent, which cannot be padded with digital vocals and prerecorded keyboard riffs belonging to other artists. This vocal genre demands precision, and in this regard, the Stolen Sweets are a Swiss watch amid a field of sundials (and we know how well those work in western Oregon!). I'm eagerly awaiting the next album.

  • Bo-del-ee-ho!
    author: Stinceria

    The Stolen Sweets take the creme de la creme of vocal jazz, add their own contemporary flavors and come up with a CD that is deliciously musical and amazingly fresh. They serve the demanding arrangements of the 1930s jazz goddess Boswell Sisters up with natural ease and their sidemen capture the spirit of Joe Tarto, Eddy Lang, and the Doresy Brothers. They are hot and rising like a cake of yeast in Uptown New Orleans! Buy it baby.

  • WONDERFUL!!!
    author: Wendy

    Absolutely wonderful! Found out about this band on myspace.com and have fallen in love with their sound. My only regret is that they aren't on the East Coast! The CD is a must have.

  • Swinging harmony
    author: jp Walmer

    Great swinging harmonies and up beat memories from better days.

  • Swinglicious!!!!
    author: Bernie McDougal

    Fantastic group from Portland, Oregon. Be sure to see them live!

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