A Sleepin' Bee

Nancy Wilson · 1962 · Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley (Capitol), chanson de Harold Arlen et Truman Capote

Context

Last track of the album. The Penguin Guide to Jazz cites it as one of Nancy Wilson's most charming recordings, while noting somewhat studied phrasing.

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

• Never Will I Marry (1962)
• Save Your Love for Me (1962)
• I Can't Get Started (Nancy Wilson) (1962)
• Happy Talk (1962)
• The Masquerade Is Over (1962)

Sources

• EN: Cannonball Adderley

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