 Rare SilkRARE SILK was an American jazz vocal group. Consisting of the band members GAILE SCRIVER, MARYLYNN GILLASPIE, TODD BUFFA and MARGUERITE JUENEMANN (replaced by BARBARA REEVES, and later JAMIE BROUMAS), they started out as a swing-oriented group in the vein of THE PIED PIPERS and (even with the inclusion of a male member) THE ANDREWS SISTERS. They appeared with BENNY GOODMAN at the 1980 Playboy Jazz Festival. During the next few years, the ensemble modernized their style to include both bop and funkier material, recording for Polydor Records (1982) and Palo Alto Records (1985~86); most notable were their versions of «New York Afternoon», «Red Clay and Spain». However, RARE SILK eventually broke up towards the end of the 1980s. |