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Any Scat singing Recommendations?


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a google search of "scat singing" will provide background information without the porn. my two favorite scat singers are ella fitzgerald and betty carter. mack the knife (the complete ella in berlin - live 1960) and the audience with betty carter are two recommended discs.

this inquiry sparks renews my interest in an old question: how did it come to be called "scat?" what, if any, connection is there to those things "scatological," i.e., having to do with excrement or excretory functions? the only thing i've come up with so far is that maybe when the first person tried to scat, it sounded like shit. :lol:

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Robert S. Gold (in his book "Jazz Talk") says "scat" was one of the prominent nonsense syllables used in early jazz singing with lyrics escaped from the singer's memory .... :o:wacko:<_<

Besides Ella and Betty I would recommend:

Leo Watson - the wildes of them all

Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert, Buddy Stewart

Babs Gonzales (crazy)

and the many newer singers who all scat up a storm:

Kevin Mahogany

Judy Niemack

Nancy King

and my favourite of all, Carla White.

White did a whole album of scatting (Andruline, still available from her). The others scattered :g the pieces of the albums.

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Babs Gonzalez! Love those early BN sides (thanks to Lon for selling me his duplicate CD a few months ago :tup )

I'm not so sure about Ella. Not sure I really like her scatting.

Roberta Gambarini (word did spread a bit, it seems since my first attempt almost a year ago over at that ******** board).

ubu

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