Mean to Me

Annette Hanshaw · 1929 · Sita Sings the Blues, 2008

Context

Annette Hanshaw recorded “Mean to Me” in New York on February 20, 1929; the record came out on Harmony under the pseudonym Gay Ellis and Her Orchestra. The original recording is used in the animated film Sita Sings the Blues (Nina Paley, 2008).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, 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.

Sources

• EN: Mean to Me (1929 song)
• EN: Annette Hanshaw

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