A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Ella Fitzgerald · 1938

Context

Written by Al Feldman (later Van Alexander) and Ella Fitzgerald, this song recorded with Chick Webb's orchestra in May 1938 is the singer's first big hit. Number one on Billboard's jukebox chart and on Your Hit Parade, it became a jazz standard; its sequel, "I Found My Yellow Basket," reached number 3.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. 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

• How High the Moon (1947)
• Mack the Knife (Berlin, 1960) (1960)

Sources

• EN: A-Tisket, A-Tasket

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