Embraceable You
Context
Recorded on December 18, 1954 in New York with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins, Sarah Vaughan's EmArcy album is her only collaboration with Clifford Brown. The singer considered it her favorite among her own records; it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
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).