Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Context
Standard by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, covered by Lorez Alexandria on the album Alexandria the Great (Impulse!, 1964), a program of musical-theater songs and standards produced by Tutti Camarata and arranged by Bill Marx. The singer is joined by musicians such as Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb and Paul Horn. The album received a reserved critical reception (1.5 stars at AllMusic, 1 star in the Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide).
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).