Skylark (Carmen McRae)

Carmen McRae · 1958 · Hoagy Carmichael sous le signe des oiseaux

Context

First title of Birds of a Feather, a Carmen McRae album recorded in New York in August 1958 for Decca. The whole record revolves around birds, under the direction of Ralph Burns.

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

• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Carmen McRae) (1958)
• Mister Meadowlark (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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