Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat
Context
Song from The Aristocats (Disney, 1970), written by Floyd Huddleston and Al Rinker. Scatman Crothers voices Scat Cat, the leader of the alley cats; George Bruns's score gives a large place to jazz.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Swing, big bands, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.