Deedles' Blues
Context
Blues written by Morgan Ames, opening the album recorded live on 25 February 1987 with the Count Basie orchestra conducted by Frank Foster. The album earned Diane Schuur her second consecutive Grammy for best female jazz vocal performance.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).