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Artist: Susie Arioli

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• Personnel includes: Susie Arioli (vocals, drums); Ralph Sutton (piano); Jordan Officer (acoustic & electric guitars); Jeff Healy (acoustic guitar); Solon McDade, Colin Bray (upright bass).
  
• Recorded at Studio Victor, Montreal, Canada in December 2001. Includes liner notes by Eric Plourde.
  
• Personnel: Susie Arioli (vocals, snare drum); Jordan Officer (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Jeff Healey, Michael Jerome Browne (acoustic guitar); Solon McDade, Colin Bray (upright bass).
  
• Audio Mixers: Danny Greenspoon; Billy Szawlowski.
  
• Liner Note Author: Richard Flohil.
  
• Recording information: Studio Victor, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (12/04/2001-12/14/2001).
  
• Photographer: Claudine Sauv‚.
  
• Translator: �ric Plourde.
  
• Arranger: Jordan Officer.
  
• Pennies From Heaven, the Susie Arioli Swing Band's sophomore release, would prove to be Ralph Sutton's last recording session. The stride piano master appears on a hushed, haunting "Don't Explain" and a boogie-woogie romp called "Walter's Flat," composed by Arioli's fabulous guitarist, Jordan Officer, who again gets front-cover billing. Arioli's vocals are chipper and versatile, taking plainspoken delight in songs by Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, and more. In a quirky twist, Arioli also serves as the band's drummer, softly tapping out four with brushes on a snare drum. Officer, bassist Solon McDade (or Colin Bray), and acoustic guitarist Michael Jerome Brown round out the group's offbeat, minimalistic lineup. Jeff Healey walks on for a Django-esque acoustic solo flight on "Having Fun," a Memphis Slim tune that one could imagine being sung by Patsy Cline. But the chief attraction is Officer, whose twangy, old-school archtop sound and sparse, witty phrasing suit everything from Nat King Cole-style swing ("No Regrets") to rockabilly ("Jordan's Boogie") to Chicago blues (Otis Rush's "Sit Down Baby"). ~ David R. Adler