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Cleo Laine · 1964 · Chanson de Comme il vous plaira, version jazz de Dankworth

Context

Text by Shakespeare set to music for the album Shakespeare and All That Jazz (1964), with John Dankworth's enlarged ensemble. The Jazz Journal critic notes that Cleo Laine's voice dominates the session.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, British jazz. 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

• Dunsinane Blues (1964)
• Fear No More (1964)

Sources

• jazzjournal.co.uk

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