Scat Singing: Imitating Instruments

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Scat Singing: Imitating Instruments
Jazz Education Journal
28
5
33-35
1996/03
33-35
0730-9791
Discusses the frustrations of trying to teach scat singing and giving private lessons to a singer, Rose Guardino, who learned successfully by scatting with Miles Davis's music. Compares scat singing to instrumental improvisation and recommends a list of vocalists for potential scatters to listen to as examples of great scat singing.
Theory, analysis, pedagogy