Saw this marvelous acapella group a few days ago performing American Standards in fantastic arrangements. The should have a CD released soon with this concert on the Cedille label. Highlights were Gershwin's "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess, and a juxtaposition of two Rogers and Hammerstein standards, "Surrey With the Fringe On Top" and "Getting To Know You."
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Thanks for this, their website has many audio samples and they are very wide-ranging in their repertoire which is sung fabulously well.
Rogers and Hart too, in particular a stunning albeit truncated version of I Wish I Were In Love Again, that I found some years ago on Youtube sung by Carmen McRae withe Clarke-Boland Big Band. Such a brilliant lyric and a great tune delivered with tremendous verve. The Great American Songbook - no misnomer.
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