Toronto, ON-based JUNO Award nominee, Alex Pangman has released a cover of iconic singer Connee Boswell’s “If I Don’t’ Mean It”. This single is a previously unrecorded composition. The song was gifted to Pangman (along with a pair of the singer’s red stage gloves) after a fortuitous meeting with Boswell’s grand-niece. Connie’s influence clearly resonates on this charming track featuring Pangman with violin & guitar.
Alex shares,
“It is a previously unregistered, unpublished and unrecorded song called “If I Don’t Mean It” written by Connie Boswell, an amazing early jazz singing idol of mine and to many others including Ella Fitzgerald, Kay Starr, etc.”
The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans were seminal harmony singers from the 1930s, a musical act whose influence simply cannot be overstated. After a successful career as a trio recording with top jazz musicians in New York, sister Connie embarked on a solo career, eventually selling 75 million records and influencing generations of singers, Ella Fitzgerald included.
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