Bye Bye Blackbird (Etta Jones)
Context
Ninth track, 3 min 16, on the standard by Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon. Etta Jones recorded it during the single session of June 21, 1960 for Prestige.
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).