Scat singing
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Originating in vocal jazz, scat singing or scatting is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhyth
Ella Fitzgerald is considered to be one of the greatest scat singers in jazz history
Paul Berliner has suggested that scat singing arose from instrumental soloists like Louis Armstrong (pictured) formulating jazz riffs vocally
Cab Calloway
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Cabell Calloway III was an American jazz singer, songwriter, bandleader, and actor. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His ni
Scat singing
…she performed, while Vaughan's mimics that of her accompanying bop-era small combos. Humor is another important element of scat singing. Bandleader Cab Calloway exemplified the use of humorous scatting. Other examples of humorous scatting include Slim Gaillard, Leo Watson, and Bam Brown's 1945 song "Avocado…
Calloway by William Gottlieb, 1947
Calloway by Carl Van Vechten, 1933
Calloway in New York City c. October 1946
One of Cab Calloway's zoot suits on display in Baltimore's City Hall, October 2007