A Sleepin' Bee (Johnny Hartman)

Johnny Hartman · 1963 · Chanson de Harold Arlen et Truman Capote

Context

Third track on the record, composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Truman Capote. Hartman recorded it in October 1963 at Van Gelder Studio for Impulse!, on an album that follows his record with Coltrane made shortly before.

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).

By the same artist

• Lush Life (1963)
• My One and Only Love (1963)
• In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Johnny Hartman) (1963)
• Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know) (1963)
• I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (1963)
• Stairway to the Stars (Johnny Hartman) (1963)

Sources

• EN: I Just Dropped by to Say Hello

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