Fear No More

Cleo Laine · 1964 · Texte de Cymbeline mis en musique, avec l'ensemble élargi de Dankworth

Context

Poem by Shakespeare (Cymbeline) sung by Cleo Laine with John Dankworth's expanded ensemble, including harp, tuba and vibraphone. It appears on the album Shakespeare and All That Jazz (Fontana, 1964).

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)
• Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind (1964)

Sources

• jazzjournal.co.uk

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