That Old Black Magic

Rita Reys · 1956 · New York, avec Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

Context

Recorded in New York in 1956 for the second side of The Cool Voice of Rita Reys, this standard by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer brings her together with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver and Doug Watkins accompany her. The record was produced by George Avakian.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Hard bop, Dutch jazz. 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

• It's All Right with Me (1956)
• My Funny Valentine (Rita Reys) (1956)

Sources

• EN: The Cool Voice of Rita Reys

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