The Stolen Sweets

The Stolen Sweets perform vocal jazz arrangements inspired by New Orleans favorites, The Boswell Sisters, one of the hottest girl groups of the 1930s. Comprised of vocalists Jen Bernard, Lara Michell and Erin Sutherland and string syncopators Keith Brush, Pete Krebs, and David Langenes, The Sweets deliver a unique brand of vintage swing jazz, dishing up abundant doses of coy stage antics and sideways glances as they play.

The Boswell Sisters were verifiable radio stars in the late 20s and early 30s, keeping company with the likes of the DORSEY BROTHERS, Bunny Berigan, Eddie Lang, and Benny Goodman - partnerships that provided the jazz world with some of its most influential recordings.


The nature of the music was auspicious and good-humored, providing a ray of hope to listeners during a truly dispiriting economic depression.

The girls were famous for their tight three - part harmonies, subtle lyrical innuendo and dizzying tempo changes. As a result, the Sweets' repertoire is brimming with ambitious arrangements of everything from standards like ?Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? to obscure tunes like ?Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy.?

The Sweets' ability to transport audiences to the early days of jazz has already earned them a sizable and colorful fan base in their native Portland and beyond.