Tiger Rag (The Mills Brothers)

The Mills Brothers · 1931 · Première gravure Brunswick du quatuor, voix imitant les instruments

Context

Recorded for Brunswick in New York on 25 September 1931 (retake on 9 October), this is the quartet's first big hit. The four brothers imitate trumpets and trombones with their voices, on the New Orleans jazz standard.

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

• Nobody's Sweetheart (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• You Rascal, You (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• Rockin' Chair (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Good-bye Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• St. Louis Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Mills Brothers discography

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