Solitude
Context
Standard by Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills. Sam Cooke recorded it in January and February 1959 in Los Angeles with René Hall's orchestra, produced by Hugo & Luigi. It is the tenth track (2 min 22) of the album Tribute to the Lady, released by Keen in April 1959.
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).