Mister Meadowlark

Carmen McRae · 1958 · Chanson de Donaldson et Mercer

Context

Piece by Walter Donaldson and Johnny Mercer, on the programme of Birds of a Feather. The album opens on an openly animal-themed note.

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

• Skylark (Carmen McRae) (1958)
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Carmen McRae) (1958)
• Flamingo (Carmen McRae) (1958)
• Something to Live For (1955)
• Get It Straight (1988)
• Dear Ruby (1988)

Sources

• EN: Birds of a Feather (Carmen McRae album)

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