Loch Lomond

Maxine Sullivan (orch. dir. Claude Thornhill) · 1937

Context

Recorded on August 6, 1937 in an arrangement by Claude Thornhill, this swing version of the traditional Scottish song was a big hit and durably steered Maxine Sullivan's repertoire toward folk tunes. She is considered one of the best jazz singers of the 1930s.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. 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

• Snowfall (1941)

Sources

• EN: Maxine Sullivan
• jazzjournal.co.uk
• adp.library.ucsb.edu

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