Vox Concordia is a four-man, four-women Vocal Jazz octet from England, who bring us this excellent debut recording of 14 a cappella tunes. They begin with two arranged by Jonathan Rathbone, ex-Musical Director of the Swingle Singers, 'Jeepers Creepers' and 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square,' a Graham Smith arrangement of the Carpenters' hit 'Superstar, a Swingles arrangement of 'It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got that Swing),' a live, rousing cover of Stephen Foster's 'Oh, Susannah!' (with the first faux banjo we've heard),' the very funny live 'Adieu, Mon Amour,' Irving Berlin's 'Puttin' on the Ritz,' Randy Newman's touching 'When She Loved Me,' the pulse-quickening 'All Rise,' and finally 'A Celtic Prayer' with music by Graham Webb are favorites. This is a fine recording and a great addition to anybody's collection.

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