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William "Shooby" Taylor (September 19, 1929 – June 4, 2003) was an American jazz vocalist famous for scat singing over various records, including those of the Ink Spots, the Harmonicats, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Mozart, and Cristy Lane, in a baritone voice.
What Is Scat Singing? (Marion Cowings, photo courtesy of the artist) Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter, and many more of Jazz’s legendary vocalists were noted for their ability to sing scat vocals.
Scat allows the jazz vocalist to escape the lyrics and the straitjacket of meanings that comes from words. It grants the singer the status of a solo instrumentalist, like any other in jazz, and...
Jul 27, 2023 · Scat singing is a vocal improvisation technique in jazz where the singer uses nonsensical syllables or wordless vocables instead of lyrics, essentially turning their voice into a musical instrument. It allows the singer to freely improvise melodies and rhythms similar to a jazz instrumentalist.
Scat, in music, jazz vocal style using emotive, onomatopoeic, and nonsense syllables instead of words in solo improvisations on a melody. Scat has dim antecedents in the West African practice of assigning fixed syllables to percussion patterns, but the style was made popular by trumpeter and singer.
Scat singing is used in jazz music. It is performed by using the voice to make sounds, but not using any recognisable words. A singer would improvise (make up) a solo using nonsense syllables which is like a musical instrument solo in a song.
Michael Mwenso and Brianna Thomas guide you through the origins of scat singing, tell you about some of the influential scat vocalists, and perform for you!
