The Boswell Sisters and Bing Crosby

Boz Beat

An optimal Boswell's performance is a lunatic concoction with several key changes, four to five tempo shifts executed with uncanny precision, unexpected returns to the verse, choruses sung in something resembling pig Latin, and blues refrains or complete reharmonizations of the melody thrown in just because they feel like it and have the musicianship to pull it off.

Tom McDermott
Gambit Weekly

The Boswell Sound

So what is this “Boswell Sound” all about? Let the wonks at Bozzies.com educate your ears with a little explanation of the classic sounds.

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Lesson 1: The Blend

Lesson 2: The Tempo

Lesson 3: The Riffs

Lesson 4: Melody? Words? Who need's 'em!

Lesson 5: Scatting, Hand Trumpets, Gibberish and Gulling