One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)

Marvin Gaye · 1966 · Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer standard, last track of Moods of Marvin Gaye

Context

Standard by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, covered by Marvin Gaye on Moods of Marvin Gaye (Tamla, May 23, 1966), recorded at Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit. At 4 min 30 s, it is the longest track on the album, which was designed to establish Gaye as an album artist as well as a singles artist.

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).

Sources

• EN: Moods of Marvin Gaye

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