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“Scatting”

“Scatting”. A popular vocal jazz technique . “Airmail Special”. Ella Fitzgerald. (1957). What is Scat Singing?. Vocal improvisation through nonsense syllables, vowel sounds, or random vocal sounds. Vocal imitation of instrumental sounds.

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“Scatting”

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  1. “Scatting” A popular vocal jazz technique

  2. “Airmail Special” Ella Fitzgerald (1957)

  3. What is Scat Singing? • Vocal improvisation through nonsense syllables, vowel sounds, or random vocal sounds. • Vocal imitation of instrumental sounds. • Melody is based off of other quoted songs and melodies or of variations of scales, arpeggios, riffs and stock patterns (lick).

  4. Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) The “Scat Artist” • Nicknamed the “First Lady of Song” • Famous jazz singer, known for mastering the scat technique into a form of art • Started to experiment with scat singing after the style began to shift in big band to “bebop” • First scat song “You Have to Swing it” (1936)

  5. Where did Scat come from? How did scat become popular? • Scat originated in the New Orleans melting pot of jazz • Louis Armstrong made scat popular after some sources say he literally “invented” the technique in 1925. • Armstrong dropped his trumpet music in the middle of recording “HeebieJeebies” and made up nonsense imitative syllables instead.

  6. Can you hear the similarities in both versions of “Airmail Special?” Benny Goodman Sextet playing Ella Fitzgerald “scatting” VS.

  7. What are some instruments Ella imitates?

  8. What “recent” jazz hits does she quote in the melody of “Airmail Special?” “And the Angels Sing”- Martha Tilton, Benny Goodman (1939) “Ballad of Davy Crockett”- Fess Parker (1955) “The Music Goes Round and Round”- Ella Fitzgerald (1935) “The Christmas Song”- Nat King Cole (1946) “Mama Look a Boo Boo” Harry Belafonte (1956) “Banana Boat Song”- Harry Belafonte(1954) “That’s Amore”- Dean Martin (1953)

  9. Resources • http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/about/biography.html • http://www.biography.com/people/ella-fitzgerald-9296210?page=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/526796/scat2 • http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Scat_singing.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EL7XyME-k8 • http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/armstrong_singer.html • http://www.scaruffi.com/history/jazz1.html • http://www.metrolyrics.com/banana-boat-song-lyrics-harry-belafonte.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__kQ1PCP6B0 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__kQ1PCP6B0 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-O_%28The_Banana_Boat_Song%29 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heXQ-zgyfQY • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcRQedoEyY • http://www.metrolyrics.com/mama-look-a-boo-boo-lyrics-harry-belafonte.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Belafonte • http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/November/saxophoneday.htm

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