In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Context
Track 1 of the album In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 25 April 1955), arranged by Nelson Riddle and produced by Voyle Gilmore. The songwriters Bob Hilliard and David Mann had shown the song to Sinatra and Riddle during a visit to a New York publisher; Sinatra wanted to record it immediately.
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).