Sing Joy Spring

The Manhattan Transfer · 1985 · Vocalese du Joy Spring de Clifford Brown, plus de sept minutes

Context

Vocal version of Clifford Brown's theme, with lyrics by Jon Hendricks, the longest track on the album Vocalese (7:07). It shows the group in a virtuoso four-voice vocalese exercise.

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).

By the same artist

• That's Killer Joe (1985)
• Another Night in Tunisia (1985)
• Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford (1985)

Sources

• EN: Vocalese (album)

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