A Pair of Fools
Context
A track written by Benjamin and Marcus, recorded by Ethel Ennis in New York on December 18, 1956 for an Atco 45 rpm single (45-6086), with Ray Ellis's orchestra and chorus, on the flip side of "Got It In My Blood (To Love You)." The single came shortly after her first album Lullabies for Losers (Jubilee, 1955); it was reissued as a bonus track on Fresh Sound Records' CD reissue of that album.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).