I Must Have That Man

Adelaide Hall (Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra) · 1928 · Chanteuse du Harlem des années 1920

Context

Adelaide Hall recorded "I Must Have That Man" in New York on August 14, 1928, with the orchestra of Lew Leslie's Blackbirds revue. She became known for her wordless vocalizing, notably on "Creole Love Call" with Duke Ellington.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

Sources

• EN: Adelaide Hall

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