Ella and her scatting
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Ella and her scatting
Someone had something good to say about Miss Fitzgerald and her scatting in another recent thread on another forum. But........that is the one thing about Ella that I have always disliked.
To me, Ella scat singing is a complete waste of time. I hate it.
I'm not a big scat fan, but other people have a bit more of a way with it (for me) than Ella.
Anyone else bored with Ella scatting or scatting in general?
To me, Ella scat singing is a complete waste of time. I hate it.
I'm not a big scat fan, but other people have a bit more of a way with it (for me) than Ella.
Anyone else bored with Ella scatting or scatting in general?
Will big bands ever come back?
all I can remember from this scatting is "horSES horSES"Flying Home
haha
yeah, i'm not a huge fan of ella scatting, but I do enjoy some scatting. I always enjoyed most of Cab's scatting, and there are some fun examples of scatting in lots of late 20s/30s washboard and jug bands.
I consider kazoo and hot comb to be in the scatting category. Mound City Blue Blowers and the like are lots of fun to listen to.
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For example?Eyeball wrote:I'm not a big scat fan, but other people have a bit more of a way with it (for me) than Ella.
i love that part. :o) anyway: i like ella's scatting.fredo wrote:all I can remember from this scatting is "horSES horSES"Flying Home
recordings off the top of my head:
"flying home"
"airmail special"
"preview"
"smooth sailin'"
"how high the moon" (though not to dance to)
there are also quite a few recordings in which she scats a chorus or part of a chorus:
"sugarfoot rag"
"mack the knife"
"jersey bounce"
"lullaby of birdland"
john, what forum was this thread on?
the 1945 one, 1:47 in. i have it on the chrono classics 1945-47 disc.CafeSavoy wrote:I thought that was from the Betty Roche's version of "Route 66?" Which version of "Flying Home" does Ella use that phrase?fredo wrote:all I can remember from this scatting is "horSES horSES"Flying Home
haha
i heard the same thing in another old track recently, and i even thought about asking about the source here. i can't remember what track it was, though. :o/
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Leo Watson for one. Bon Bon with Jan Savitt was pretty good. Buddy Stewart and Dave Lambert in Krupa's band, Sarah Vaughan. I think Anita O'Day scatted now and then and it was pretty decent. "That's What You Think" is a nice example. Some Louis A. stuff.CafeSavoy wrote:For example?Eyeball wrote:I'm not a big scat fan, but other people have a bit more of a way with it (for me) than Ella.
There a very funny broadcast with Roy ELdridge and Mel Torme scatting on something and they are parodying the style. (Same album had a GREAT version live of HOW HIGH THE MOON, a song which I have yet to hear played live by any of our current bands.)
Still, it's not a style that I really enjoy.
Swing-o-Rama.lipi wrote:
john, what forum was this thread on?
Jeff posted here (in a very interesting thread thread ripe for data mining) http://www.swingorama.com/sd/viewtopic. ... c&start=80
Then I just began a new thread here -
http://www.swingorama.com/sd/viewtopic.php?t=3514
I just edited the post to fit here.
Thanks. I think I have it on the War Years set; I'll check it out.lipi wrote:
the 1945 one, 1:47 in. i have it on the chrono classics 1945-47 disc.
i heard the same thing in another old track recently, and i even thought about asking about the source here. i can't remember what track it was, though. /
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Eyeball wrote:
Leo Watson for one. Bon Bon with Jan Savitt was pretty good. Buddy Stewart and Dave Lambert in Krupa's band, Sarah Vaughan. I think Anita O'Day scatted now and then and it was pretty decent. "That's What You Think" is a nice example. Some Louis A. stuff.
There a very funny broadcast with Roy ELdridge and Mel Torme scatting on something and they are parodying the style. (Same album had a GREAT version live of HOW HIGH THE MOON, a song which I have yet to hear played live by any of our current bands.)
Still, it's not a style that I really enjoy.
Thanks. I'm going to look for the Eldridge/Torme.
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Issued once and maybe twice or thrice as 1947 WNEW SATURDAY NIGHT SWING SESSIONCafeSavoy wrote: Thanks. I'm going to look for the Eldridge/Torme.
Will big bands ever come back?
It's the same version that's on the Ken Burns CD too. That must have been where Bette Roche picked it up.CafeSavoy wrote:Thanks. I think I have it on the War Years set; I'll check it out.lipi wrote:
the 1945 one, 1:47 in. i have it on the chrono classics 1945-47 disc.
i heard the same thing in another old track recently, and i even thought about asking about the source here. i can't remember what track it was, though. /
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Re: Ella and her scatting
It is available on eMusic.com. I have been digging that version of "Honeysuckle Rose" for ages (I always think of Steven Mitchell's scatting style when I hear it!).Eyeball wrote:Issued once and maybe twice or thrice as 1947 WNEW SATURDAY NIGHT SWING SESSIONCafeSavoy wrote: Thanks. I'm going to look for the Eldridge/Torme.
Jesse
PS. I LOVE Ella's scatting at all stages of her career. She's definitely a favorite of mine. Her improvisation on "Basella" with Count Basie on A Perfect Match is a great example, even though it is much later in her career.